home and see Anna.
My favorite thing
is to sing to Anna:
“Itsy Bitsy Spider,”
“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,”
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,”
and other nursery rhymes.
Mum asks if I want
to have singing lessons.
Trevor takes me
in his cool silver Audi
every Saturday morning.
Anna has a different dad
but we have the same surname.
Mum decided
and Trevor didn’t argue.
In the dining hall at school,
I explain to Callum: “Trevor is Anna’s dad
but not mine.”
Callum asks, “If you have different dads,
isn’t she yourhalfsister?”
When I get home,
I ask, “Mummy, are we only half?”
“Don’t let anyone tell you
that you are half anything.
You and Anna are
simply brother and sister.
Don’t let anyone tell you
that she’s your half sister.
Don’t let anyone tell you
