as any father
quickened
by the specter
of an amazed
god

father
had me ball
the baby
up, had me

find the sweater
his wife
was in, had me

turn
all the water
possible

on…

what differently
father did

was, while there,  

off limits.

-

I heard my brother
ask himself
to stutter, he was

no fake, I heard him

often, I was maybe

the lord they used
to freeze
my mother
open…

-

illumination
is the person
I am not

is the person
others
agree with
thinking    
the person
will change

is like preparing
to receive
a runaway
sis