11-21-2021, 09:46 PM
There were 8 of us kids -
7 boys and our sister.
She was 2nd oldest and always
in command. Of all the crazy
shit we did, she’d always
threaten, but never tell dad.
Like the time my brother
stepped on a nail in a 2x4 -
she calmly pulled his foot off,
then cleaned it. When my dad
asked why he was limping,
nobody seemed to know.
And nobody told.
I wish I could pull a nail
out of my sister’s coffin-
bring her back somehow.
7 boys and our sister.
She was 2nd oldest and always
in command. Of all the crazy
shit we did, she’d always
threaten, but never tell dad.
Like the time my brother
stepped on a nail in a 2x4 -
she calmly pulled his foot off,
then cleaned it. When my dad
asked why he was limping,
nobody seemed to know.
And nobody told.
I wish I could pull a nail
out of my sister’s coffin-
bring her back somehow.