Two Brothers
First brother set the house on fire,
licking flames dancing higher.
Second brother rose to run
when he seen what he had done.
But he stood there transfixed
at what he had just witnessed.
Sparks swirled and scattered round them,
thinking ‘bout the blood that bound them.
Second brother then heard
First brother say these words:
“Now the reason you’ll learn,
did it just to see it burn.”
Second brother brushed the ashes
Shook his coat and wiped his glasses
Took a bottle, poured a drink.
Said “I need some time to think.”
First brother sat next to the other.
They had a drink and then another.
By night’s end with the rising sun,
they both knew what had to be done.
Out they stepped into the morning
And without a word of warning
Second brother took his turn,
He lit a house, they watched it burn.
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