A Toast to a Brother I Never Met

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Tonight I raise a cup!
In your memory
I will feast and dance and fuck.

You married a woman who was raised as my sister
And it was you who encouraged her to stand
when life threatened to overwhelm and resist her.

So here is my epitaph to you
Short as it may be.

Though forgive me the brevity
Tears that threaten to burn my eyes
and grief constricts the throat.

Rest now.
Be at peace my brother.
Know, that we will always look after your lover.