It’s What Brothers Do

Poetry, Shannon Graham, Vol 1 Issue 2

Posted: April 18th, 2008 Track comments on this item via RSS

My brother
Sleeps on couches all over town
Steals my clothes and
Only comes home to shave
And eat everything in the fridge.

My brother
Is friends with his ex-girlfriends
Dating my friends
And nobody hates him.

My brother
Knows all the best fishing spots
Has probably been drunk at most of them
And makes me jump into them off high cliffs.

My brother is an asshole.
Man, I wish I could be like him
And also, push him off a bridge.


Shannon Graham is a first-year student in Camosun’s University Transfer program.

Published April 2008

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One Response to “It’s What Brothers Do”

  1. Laurie Elmquist Says:
    May 6th, 2008 at 5:33 am

    Hi Shannon,

    I really liked your poem, “My Brother.” It made me laugh, but also I liked the end-stopped lines. They seem perfect for a poem that is all about making definitive statements.

    Laurie

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