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<p><strong>'as brothers would'</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>toast</p> <p><br></p> <p>toast as brothers would</p> <p><br></p> <p>as brothers do</p> <p><br></p> <p>in this moment of time</p> <p><br></p> <p>our whiskey our balm</p> <p><br></p> <p>to all the injustices</p> <p><br></p> <p>and all the wrongs</p> <p><br></p> <p>we have ever endured</p> <p><br></p> <p>without knowing</p> <p><br></p> <p>the good fights</p> <p><br></p> <p>the other has fought</p> <p><br></p> <p>while like all else</p> <p><br></p> <p>it goes down</p> <p><br></p> <p>fire into our bellies</p> <p><br></p> <p>as we speak infernos</p> <p><br></p> <p>burning to the ground</p> <p><br></p> <p>until last call.</p> <p><br></p> <p>#barflypoet</p> <p>#josephapinto</p> <p>www.josephpinto.com&nbsp;</p> <p>© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>*</p> <p>Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted;</p> <p>all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.</p> <p>*</p> <p>‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-pinto3/support</a>