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I dropped my stupid little brother Down an open storm drain near our home And now he’s gone forever, always And my life is finally my own! You say you saw me after crying By that open storm drain near our home? But those were tears of pure happiness As I skipped off blissfully alone. Heartless you are probably thinking But you sure as heck don’t know my pain And the God-sent opportunity When he followed me off in that rain! See, I am ten and he is just six I’m grown and he’s a little baby If he were more grown, mature like me Then this might not have happened, maybe. But every time I went out to play Of course, he just HAD to tag along That day I had been to a party His baby-ish ways were so WRONG! So when he trailed me home afterwards Yelling, “Fatty Patty, wait for me” I saw that the storm drain was opened And wandered over for a look-see He couldn’t resist and ran my way “What is it, Fat Patty?” He wondered. And seeing his stupid ignorance My whole inner anger just thundered! So now I’m in my bed at my home Waiting for the good news that he’s gone Practicing my weepy-eyed sad face So grown-ups can cry and o’er me fawn. But they’re not coming, that’s so strange So I peek out into the kitchen And what I see makes my anger boil And my left eye, it starts to twitchin’! There he sits, mummied up in towels Surrounded by mom, dad, and grown friends Feeding him cake and cookies and cream With fawning that likely has no ends! “If you cannot beat’em, then join’em” As my mommy just constantly said So I spend just a sec adjusting To a now different plan in my head. I ran from my room hysterical “Brother, you’re okay” I fairly sobbed “When I turned around and you were gone “Well, my lonely sister heart just throbbed.” “Oh you poor dear,” mom cooed with a hug. “Here, you need some cake, and hot cocoa?” “Yes, please.” I REALLY needed it. I hugged my bro like I was loco! I dropped my stupid little brother Down an open storm drain near our home He is blackmailing me forever Now my life will never be my own. February 25, 2019
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