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Call Him Uncle

MOMMA SAID THAT I SHOULD CALL YOU UNCLE FOR YOU WERE HER NEW BOYFRIEND DID SHE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO COMMENT A NASTY SIN NOT TO HER BUT US HER CHILDREN IN THE MIST OF THE NIGHT COMING INTO OUR ROOM FORCING YOURSELF ON US WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL AND MY BROTHER WAS YOUNGER THEN ME I DID NOT CRY FOR ME I JUST WANTED YOU TO LET HIM BE TO JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE BECAUSE HE HAD BECOME SO UNHAPPY AND CONFUSED MOMMA WAS SO IN LOVE SHE DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS BEING USED SHE ALLOWED YOU TO TELL HER WE WERE BAD AND OUT TO DO YOU IN SHE DID NOT BELIEVE US AND GAVE INTO YOUR WICKED GRIN NOW IT IS TOO LATE. FOR THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR OUT OF HAND SO, I PULLED THE TRIGGER AND TOOK AWAY MY MOMMA’S NEW MAN YET I SAVED MY BROTHER AND I DON’T CARE WHO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND HE DID WHAT WE SAID AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR US TO LIE I WAS THE ONE THERE EACH NIGHT WATCHING MY LITTLE BROTHER CRY SO MY LITTLE BROTHER I LOVE YOU, BUT I LEFT A NOTE TAKING BLAME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE YOU ARE FREE TO SLEEP PEACEFULLY FOR WE HAVE FINALLY WON SO DO NOT CRY MY LITTLE BROTHER AS THEY LOWER ME IN THE GROUND I HAVE HEARD YOUR UNANSWERED CRIES SO DON’T MAKE THAT SOUND HOLD ON TO THE FACT THAT I LOVE AS THE EARTH OPENS IT DOOR I DID AS I HAD TO SO YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO CRY ANYMORE SHE SAID TO CALL HIM UNCLE…

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