Being Twins is a Mistake
By Betsabe Gomez
being twins is a mistake
not that your eyes are mine
even my crooked fingers
are not the same spider legs
that you clench into fists
when you speak I suck in
the air of your voice
it’s more like someone
shoved the same antique
music box inside
the gulf of thorax before
we were sewed up for good
we hurt bruises like clockwork
and seek out that chord
that sings through teeth
a plucked reverberating tongue
see this is
you this, you
see is me
Betsabe Gomez is an MFA candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Monkeybicycle, 580 Split, and Plath Profiles.
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