Wires

my big brother

wrapped in wires

strapped beneath a blinding light

though I’m just a boy

I know that something isn’t right

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I creep through the facility

a spider in the metal wings

people dressed in blinding white

passing whispers, shifting eyes

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my big brother

fast asleep

hissing electricity

white coats gather

sparkling like static in the night

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they cut him open

slowly

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something isn’t right

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and then the dream

dissolves…

the way they often do

in and out of wakefulness

in and out of truth

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I try to fall asleep again

to see him one more time

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I just want

to save

his life

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I just

want

to

...

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For Nathanael