False 1997 isands newsletter 82

False The Copybook Why after all these years do I wonder Why does your copybook make me sad. I can hear the words but I’m not listening As I stare at your childish writing fi lling each page. What would her copybook have looked like Would it have been just like yours As I nod at the teachers I’m still wondering What would she have said about her. I remember your fi rst day at school It should have been her fi rst day too. Lost in my thoughts as the teacher talk on I wonder- does she even know you were a twin. Sometimes I see her with curly hair, Giggling full of mischief and fun. Sometimes I wonder why you feel more like two than one. And sometimes I wonder- do you wonder. This poem is dedicated to Carol- Anne Canning and her identical twin- Mary Francis. Words by Romy Moloney inspired by Ann Canning Rain Look at the sad sky The angels cry Lord where is she now I can’t live without her I don’t know how. The life she never had I can’t think about tit It’s too sad Why did she have to leave us? We love her we do The people who loved her She never knew. Written by Andrea Tancred ( aged 10) for her little sister Rebecca isands newsletter 83