A TALE OF TWO BUDS

little brother
you will grow
to be the bigger man

but now here we are
I all skinny spindly legs
you "squashed into yourself"

and we always known
as Big and Little
Bud

as in "Are ya ready Bud?"
"With ya now Bud!"
"Ok...let's go Bud!"

until you come of age
and the Big and Little
change places

I now the little-er
to your Big Bud-ness
you now the expert in how to be

only Death
waiting in the shadows
of this photograph

shuffles the cards of self
and I am once again
your big brother