Judy's Family

All of us,the boys,we didn't know anythingabout men. So, we hookedourselves to our sisteras she went shooting throughher twenties, and a little intoher thirties.

None of us believedit would end. And whenit did, we went crazy, runningaround, bumping into each other,making startling accusationsabout love. A whole family dyingfrom the inside out.

When her life stopped, all the lineswent slack, and we fought ourselvesfor the best places in the mourning line.We pounded everything.I bruised. And whenwe came to the edge whereyou're finally free enough to believeyourself, we shuddered and went inside.

He was waiting.He took us in, and webecame sons again.We hooked our lines and starteddown.