TRIPLET SISTERS MEL
Melanie was first. Behind a log
with her long black hair wound tight
like a choker, and her blouse
to bind her earthward.
Second-born Melissa didn't show
at school but wasn't cutting
class in a forest clearing
with her heart cut out, her skirt
a tatter here and there.
And so the third-born, Melody,
goes every night to sleep in dreams
of someone with a famished taste
for dark-haired sisters blood-
bound to a name that starts
like hers.
Copyright -
Taylor Graham