by Athira Unni
Sister
I tell her that Groot died
before Iron Man
the sacrifice, a forgotten thorn
that pricks my side
the fact that the millionaire-playboy-philanthropist
is the one who sacrifices is more telling
of his own guilt than anything else,
I argue
she calmly bites into her samosa
and continues filling a quiz for her Ethics class
five years younger than me,
she really came of age after she saw
Fight Club and Mamma Mia;
I was away, studying characters and plots.
five years younger than me,
she still surprises my wits
like words tasted from the air, she asks,
“what difference does it make?”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Athira Unni lives on coffee and thunderstorms. She loves house plants and her cat Thomas. Her first poetry book Gaea and Other Poems has just been published. She blogs at chocolateandink.wordpress.com.