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last night

we watched the stars together ….something we had done as kids

stealing out of bed

tiptoeing up the stairs to the roof

the cold night air

replacing the smell of terror

allowing the blanket

to enfold us

we would sometimes fall asleep

together

he would find us

in the morning

joined together as Siamese twins

with dried up saline trails

he would hit us both

we never cried….at least not till the next night

when we tiptoed up the stairs again

and watched the stars.