- With tears in his eyes,
- he exclaimed, "this man was not my brother."
- this man, for the last year, was an imposter.
- his brother died the year before.
- when his wife left him. when he lost his job.
- when he stopped caring. when he drank.
- in a way, his brother committed suicide.
- and then someone else lived in his body for another year.
- inhabiting it as a crab inhabits a seashell.
- being washed away in the tide.
- this man thought he was John Wayne.
- a desperado, a rebel.
- no longer a father and a lawyer.
- He became what he once defended.
- and could not defend himself.
- and the sweetest song can not replace.
- the pain my father feels. waiting in line
- to say goodbye to his brother.
- the imposter.
- he had been to Hell for his brother the year before.
- My father spent a lot of time being mad at him.
- because he loved him.
- and the pain set in when he realized he had nothing to be mad at anymore.
- His little brother is now dead.
- and He wasn't John Wayne.