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Family Album

-by Jennifer Howard

 

My sisters are talking about life.

I rattle the white bracelets that garnish both my wrists,

as Jean hides in the shadows and mutters about crawlies.

Leslie is taking notes in meticulous shorthand scribbles.

 

Susan stands.

Climbs atop the table.

Squats with legs folded underneath her and sighs.

 

My mother wanders out and criticizes each of us with kind words.

 

Sandy follows behind and catches catches every syllable

adding her own thoughtful bitchiness.

 

I stand.  I take them all in.  I walk away.

Still my family stays with me in my head.

 

The sum of these parts is mystically not greater

But one girl, one woman.

Copyright©2000 Jennifer Howard