The Innisfree Poetry Journal

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by Laura Manuelidis

Intermittently


My brother told me how to watch the watch,
The second hand introducing hidden short episodes.
He stashed his faith on the shoulders
Of a pasture:

My brother showed me how to negotiate
Beside the river wandering to its salted mouth:
To place my small footsteps carefully
While grazing.

My brother led me out of the streets
Raining with light that obliterates sanity
As he shielded me from foreign onslaughts
I deserved:

My brother—and his shadow—around the next corner
Always protects me.



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