11th November 2025

 

I delete my posts

from NextDoor UK

Don't feed the trolls

© Rachel Green November 2025

Breaking Genetic Tradition

there were two girls born before I arrived

and I came as a surprise: tradition,

assuming Dad's genetics still applied,

meant having two in procreation mission.

First they had Elizabeth, who came with whirl

of aptitude for learning maths and English, too

and four years after her, a sister came, a girl

in love with animals whom they called Sue.

That was their lot, according to the lives

of both parents, who came from sibling pairs

as far as family history arrives

but then another kid after six years.

 And though the docs assumed me male and cis

 I should have been my cousin Julie's sis.

© Rachel Green November 2025