Playing Hooky Showed Me My Power

Lee and I are identical twins. We look, sound, and are dressed identically. It is 1958 and we are heading back to school from lunch. Sing-song Lee thinks it is a normal May day; I realize it has more potential. We are not going back to school, I tell her. Her eyebrows start to brunch. She screams and wails, I have to cover her tell-tale mouth. She is the dutiful one, but then I remind her of one thing. I am playing hooky and I am not doing it alone, so I turn her south. She shakes her tears off, knowing I have her; there is no more sing. I have been the leader for a long time, boss of sister and brother. Lee has no idea how to flip me for this role; I am firm like grandpappy. We return to school later trotted there by our very angry mother Who has switched us about six hundred times, and is not happy. Why don’t you ever try and be the leader? I ask Lee, mad now. I know it is because she is terrified of me, kind of gives me a wow. She is way too afraid to tell me this, I realize as I shower. I sleep well that night, recognizing my ultimate twin-leader power.