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July 2019: Me and baby sister, Theadora Clemens with her and her son Sammy's "sister dogs" (or maybe they are brother dogs. Now I forgot!)
Baby Sister
Three sisters have I who make me so glad,
and all of us have the same mom and dad.
But there is another sister I claim.
Our fathers happen to not be the same.
This sister – the youngest in our family -
is called my half-sister, technically!
No difference this makes though I left home when
she, at that time, was much younger than ten.
As the oldest, I spent so much less time
with her than with other sisters of mine.
Now knowing her better, I have no doubt
that leaving home early, I really missed out.
I missed all those years when she was in school,
the great things she did, and things she found cool.
Dance lessons my sister took – same as me!
Each other’s recitals we did not see.
I missed out on watching her turn into
a splendid young woman as the years flew.
I ended up living so far away
my kids had no cousins with whom to play.
A few rare reunions in my home state
were times for which I hardly could wait.
My dear baby sister I then got to know.
If only I’d gotten to see her kids grow.
She has a son Sammy whom I adore.
He lives near MY state, so his mom I see more.
When she visits her son out here in the west,
I spend time with her. Those times are the best!
We have much in common, and with our kids grown,
we’ve got lots of time to chat on the phone.
Theadora – though a half-sister – SHE
is in every way a whole sister to ME!
Oct. 23, 2020
NA in the 'From the Heart' Poetry Contest of Regina McIntosh
Now for 'HM's and NA's October 2020' Contest of Constance La France
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2020
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