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Down, Down, Down, Down
by Jennifer Reyna
the blue Lego’s out of the box start of the airplane pieces all around me blue here and blue between my toes Indian style under the Christmas tree the fake snow fell into my hair the needles picked at my legs my plane was ready my stepbrother held it loosely he threw my airplane into the white wall that was still glowing from the Christmas lights the blue was released into its former self he threw my gray cat off the bunk bed he made my nose bleed with his feet beat my mom’s orange cat with a bat peed the bed because his father wasn’t home when I had a sore throat I didn’t want to eat the noodles of the soup I drank the broth and he ate the noodles for me he isn’t my real brother |