Poem for a Brother who Tends to Overtalk me

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Tiny
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p Wersquo;ve known each/p p Other for a/p p Short time/p p nbsp;/p p But it seems wersquo;ve/p p Stuffed years into/p p That short space/p p nbsp;/p p He speaks of women, his/p p Military service, more about/p p Women, his health/p p Womenhellip;and women again/p p nbsp;/p p Takes 9-10 pills a/p p Day for as many/p p Ailments/p p nbsp;/p p Sometimes wersquo;ll speak/p p On politics or something/p p Heavier and his voice/p p Will rise/p p nbsp;/p p At times wersquo;ll start speaking/p p At the exact same/p p Moment/p p nbsp;/p p And his voice will take/p p Off, leaving mine stuck/p p In a series of stutters/p p And false starts/p p nbsp;/p p Nothing false about/p p Him, neither teeth/p p Nor hair or pride/p p nbsp;/p p He doesnrsquo;t overtalk/p p Me by intention, hersquo;s merely/p p Been talked over most of/p p His life/p p nbsp;/p p Hersquo;s a 57 year old black/p p Man from St. Louis who looks at his/p p Life and decries his lack/p p Of ambition/p p nbsp;/p p If I had a little more/p p Of this and a little more/p p Of that, he says/p p nbsp;/p p And I listen/p p And pour him a little more/p p Of this coffee and listen/p p Some more/p p nbsp;/p p And the birds outside/p p Hear his voice/p p nbsp;/p p And echo/p p His song/p p nbsp;/p p Ambitiously/p p nbsp;/p
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