My sisters and I grew up in the same state<\/p>\n
The same town<\/p>\n
The same house<\/p>\n
But we had very different childhoods<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We had the same brother<\/p>\n
But he was 1 year older than me<\/p>\n
10 years older than them<\/p>\n
And liked a bit of fight with his afternoon delight<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We had the same mother<\/p>\n
But she raised me from birth<\/p>\n
And I stayed home to raise them<\/p>\n
For nearly a decade<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We had the same father<\/p>\n
Except he was my step-father<\/p>\n
So when he got his own kids<\/p>\n
Just call my Cinderella<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I turned 16<\/p>\n
My mother bought me a car<\/p>\n
So that I could drive \u201cthe girls\u201d<\/p>\n
Wherever they needed to go<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When they turned 16<\/p>\n
She bought them cars<\/p>\n
So they could drive<\/p>\n
For freedom\u2019s sake<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It used to be<\/p>\n
Whenever my sisters and I<\/p>\n
Spoke of our childhood<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t understand the disconnect<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How I could feel such disdain<\/p>\n
For the home that they loved<\/p>\n
The brother they grieved<\/p>\n
The parents they\u2019d die for<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And then I remember<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My sisters and I grew up in the same state<\/p>\n
The same town<\/p>\n
The same house<\/p>\n
But we had very different childhoods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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