YouAlways and YouNever,twin sisters with manicured talons and talent
for pulling your heart right out of your chest
without spilling a drop of blood.
One quick motion, and years of kindness
or hard work or wiping noses and bottoms,
of providing answers and a roof over their heads,
of band-aids and braces, instantly dissolve.
Or years of kisses, embraces, making love
on lazy afternoons, holding hands along the beach-
gone. Poof. They keep a pill bottle
to hold good memories,
set up a mountain resort filled with caverns
to hold the rest.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2012
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