pick a card, any card memorize
that card, return it to the deck 
every time her baby brother did a sleight of hand  
she rolled her eyes and groaned

he smiled from the seat of his unicycle
shuffled the deck like an accordion
slid coins out from behind her ear and twinkled slyly
when she begged to know the secret

but when he slipped 
over the international date line
into a kayak on the Tasman Bay
she felt the disappearance like a knife

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