Something Awful Comes This Way!

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as oldest sister
my presents were chosen with
thoughtful care—each one

agonized over
for hours and hours then
wrapped in tinsel and bows

so when I saw the
package for Rhyssa, I winced
inside, hiding pain

at the clever use
of newsprint and twine, wrapping
a picture frame made

not by my sister
but by a kindergarten
friend she’d traded with.