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I have six sisters, and
I'm the youngest one,

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and one day we were
all standing outside,

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and we were, well,
we were at a funeral.

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And we were all
dressed in dark colors,

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and I looked at
us from the side--

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from the side, and the wind
was flapping our skirts around,

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and it made me think of
how we were like birds

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getting ready to take off.

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And so I wrote this.

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This is called "A
Sister's Dream."

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"Flying, the seven
of us taking turns,

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gliding along against
pale blue cloudless skies.

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Sisters making sewing
motions around, above, under.

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So smooth and easy
in weightlessness

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above mother's watchful eye.

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Growing for us pinion,
sage, and choke cherries.

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The seven of us flying
along asphalt highways

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laughing contagious, celebrating
our friendship and love

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toward our mother
awaiting our arrival

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with open, expansive,
sheltering wings."

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