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At Three I Was Amazing

At three, I was so amazing, but I was not a me.
I was a "Thee".
I have an identical twin, so we were one.
The Stone Twins.
Hey, twin!
Which one are you?

We did not care.
We had lots of attention,
and we wore the same clothes,
all home-made by our mother who liked
to throw in ribbons, lace, and rickrack, we had white collars usually

All of my memories are of Sunday School
where the older children, the big bad six and seven 
year olds, and sometimes eight and nine year olds
used to fight over us, and carry us around, and talk
about how cute we were until we got squirmy and 
pinched them or punched them, so we could play
with the stuff in the play kitchen area.

They are so cute!
They are darling!
Lucille's girls!
Look how DARLING they are!
Did your Mommy make your dresses?
We did not stop playing, but we heard, and we loved it.
Attention came from every direction, insuring me that
I was AMAZING, the cutest thing ever, the most darling
of the darlings.

We were a thee, and were all that, believe you!

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018

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M. L. Kiser Date: 12/12/2018 5:20:00 AM Twins, triplets, quads, etc., we always seem to treat them as one individual when more than one is there. Great poem that was easy to visualize from the imagery it contains. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/12/2018 5:48:00 AM Thank you. Neither of us is identified as a "unit" now, but it has taken years, and moves away from a small home town to get there.

Jan Allison Date: 12/8/2018 6:59:00 AM Aww caren this is so cute I can picture you so clearly, last week I wrote anot acrostic poem about twins as the head at school has 5 month babies. I must see if I can find it asout it soon:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/8/2018 12:24:00 PM And so so so so true. My twin is perpetually late, always wanting to make an entrance, and I never get the attention I was taught that I fully deserve.