Sisters Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

Skating


Two skating sisters, one was brilliant
The other just middling and that was not good enough
In a world that demands perfection.
The average sister raged planned retribution and had
A pair of skates made of gold, but with a hidden flaw
They broke on the highest jump.
So, it came to pass at the skating finale in New York
When the brilliant sister took the highest jump
The golden skates broke in half, and she fell, so hard
On her back, she could nor skate no more.
Now it was the mediocre sister's hour; she came in the ring
To finish the act, but the cruel public booed.
The evil sister's fate was to push her brilliant sister around
In a wheelchair, the rest of her life.