Three Reasons Why Poem by Kimberly Burnham

Surprise and dismay on her face
a five year old interrupted
a school project
not yet complete

Why did you pick us up early?
not really a fair question
I am not early
and it is five pm

Your mother sent me
she puts on her outdoor shoes
for going home
to dinner

What does she need us for?
a question as we drive
cool fall blowing through a crack
at the top of the window

For company,
offers her twin brother
our mom needs us
for company
has become a cute story
now I am embedded
in their lives