Is
‘twin bombings’ the right name
if
there were supposed to be more
than
two?
Even
if two,
like
the other times,
why
‘twins’?
Why
a terrorible birth?
People
still ask me
if
I am the evil twin.
Someone
gave me a bumper sticker
in
middle school,
confirming
it.
I
was mean to my sister
because
I had words.
My sister was mean to me
because
she had teeth.
Once,
I took food from my sister
because
I was trying to survive.
Now,
I’d give her my right lung
if
she were sprawling, gasping
There
was a Lauren I knew well
who
died in Newtown
and
I can’t give her anything
Yes! so glad you wrote a poem about this, even if it felt sad!! Do you still have that bumper sticker.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Caolan! I probably do have that bumper sticker somewhere, maybe in one of the dozens of plastic bins in my basement or my mom's. It was black with green writing. It said, "I am the evil twin" and there was an outline of an alien face next to it.
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