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13, 11, 9, 0
When the new baby sister came
screaming into the world just like they had,
golden wispy curls just like they had,
thirteen, eleven, and nine years ago,
all her friends teased the baby would have six hands
It was an exercise in
independence from their parents and
dependence on each other
Existing sisters, by nature,
bond when another is added to the mix
Sister #2 moved into her bedroom
to carve out space for Sister #4,
sister #3, she says, is forgotten (wonder what #3 would say about that)
At school she talks to #2 and #3,
but what is there to say to a five-year-old on the phone, Really?
The baby was a world traveller at four months old
“That’s how you know she was an accident—
we already had the plane tickets!”
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