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Note: Written to "Get Inside Out" by Greg Holden
"I paid attention to all the subtleties in space
I never mentioned all the miseries I faced
I looked inside and told inside to get out"
Greg Holden
You weren't sure when it started.
Maybe it has always been there.
…Like… like the color of your eyes or the freckle on your shoulder.
It just was.
…somehow…
That made things a little better.
It was like a law of nature…like dayandnight and waterandfire.
(…like you and lizards. A perfect combination.)
It has always been Them and You.
Never a "we"
It was JustinandAlex.
…and you… well… you made do with the friends in your head.
(Because they are as real as long as you believe.)
…it got… easier when you got older…
You started to fake it a little… O.K, maybe you faked it a lot… well…maybe a whole lot.
But it was better this way!
You knew you were smart.
So…did it really matter what everyone else thought?
…you knew the truth.
They may be your older siblings…
…but it was always you who protected them.
Always.
…you remember the first time they kissed…
You were four and they told you they were the MomandDad
…and you were their kid.
…and since they were married- it was normal for them to kiss.
And even then- you didn't think it was weird or gross or wrong.
You still don't.
After all- you were never normal.
And you were damned proud of it.
…so who cares if…. if everyone else thought it was a sin, a crime- a taboo.
You were a Russo.
…and…
("We're never been normal people")
Oh Max- how I love thee, let me count the ways! Reviewers receive hugs and Eskimo kisses.