Dear Sister

Oh where will you go dear sister?

They said to get your suitcase packed

It is splitting at the seams

I wonder when you pressed your body

Against a brethren’s flesh, was it sweet?

You were always wilder than me

Father flipped the kitchen table, it floated strangely in slow motion

Mother dove for a souvenir mug from our holiday by the ocean

That night you crawled in bed beside me

Our tears drowned a patchwork quilt

You were shaking like a leaf

Oh where will you go dear sister?

They said to get your suitcase packed

It is splitting at the seams