Callum says, “You’re so lucky!”
These girls are my friends.
I do feel lucky.
“When is Trevor coming back?”
I eventually stop asking Mum.
She takes me
to my singing lessons now.
Trevor returns
in his stupid silver car,
demanding
to see Anna.
But he never asks to see me.
The night I realize
Trevor isn’t coming back,
I have the dream
in which Mum is killed
when a Boeing 747
crashes into our house.
The left wing cuts through her
bedroom window but Anna and I survive.
Would Trevor take Anna
but leave me an orphan?
Anna gets Phoebe, my old Barbie doll,
and my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Anna gets my overalls
and all my other old clothes, too.
I notice when Anna plays
with my Turtles, no one asks her why.
I notice when Anna wears
my overalls, no one comments.
