I got a baby sister when I was four

But like a lot of former “only children” do

I didn’t want her for very long or to have any more.

Now she is my very best friend and I am hers, too.

 

We moved away to a tiny town

Into a tiny house while daddy built ours.

In a cow pasture on the road two lots down,

Grown green and alive with wildflowers.

 

My favorite show was Puffnstuff.

I watched it every day.

Jimmy, with his British voice, seemed tough

Because of his magic flute, that’s what I chose to play.

 

Daddy didn’t hurt me anymore after this year.

Whether he started on my sister then, I am not very clear.