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In a Faded Photo: sitting delicately on that cushion couch brothers snuggled at either shoulder jealously contending for her affection little sister happily squirming on daddy’s lap dreamlike calm: stone fireplace crackling, popping spitting sparks everything in place all as it should be as it should have been so long ago... knock knock on the door don’t answer, daddy warns it’s her again, daddy warns you’ll be sorry, daddy warns little sister squirming little sister sweating pathologic curiosity: irresistible impulse to answer the door... something out there who are you I ask it’s me son. told you not to answer daddy says told you it was her daddy says they cut off her breast she turned yellow it spread to her liver she's dead. little sister squirming little sister screaming in a faded photo...