The Siblings by Lauren Jernberg
You loathe it when they all come
together
and when they talk in voices that
sound like
starving cats crying out into the
night.
They fight over who is the
favorite child
and then decide who is the least
favorite.
They will fight for days on end.
Till someone new comes in. Then they will play
nice.
They may act nice but
their words are meant to
hurt. When all the fighting is over
the awkward silence will
fill
your ears as if they were hungry
mouths
to feed. But then all is well and
they are delightful.
They laugh and make
jokes about
nothing at all. They start to
remind you
of your childhood, sunny days in
the yard
playing games and running around
like wild animals.
They are so entertaining to watch
that
even when you can't stand them you can't help but
stare at the wondrous way they
work. They are
enemies and then friends in a
blink of
an eye. Though they are not the
best to be
around they will always be
family.
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