Andy

the memory 

that begs 

words now

is my brother 

in the swimming 

pool many pools 

many summers 

we had some 

fascination with 

the circus so i 

was the leader 

or ringmaster, 

nameless and 

he was the star

fashioned a 

title for himself : 

Baby Jelly to 

ring of things 

soft and young 

and sweet i'll 

let the recall 

sit there, before 

it puckered with

power and time 

i can keep 

it in the water, 

choreo for jumps 

and dives we 

had to add 

the drama with 

imagination since

nothing close to 

impressive was 

materializing but 

we stuck it 

out and i 

insisted we 

practice repeatedly 

in case someone

wanted to watch

our sibling show

from the edge

maybe dangle ankles

and applaud for

our sweet dance

that we chose

to make 

together