I Left My Family’s House Bare Before My Sister Could Steal It

by twenty, and born with that talent some people have for making other people’s labor look like their blessing.

If she forgot your birthday, there was a reason.

If you forgot hers, you were cruel.

When we were kids in Toledo, she got the bigger bedroom because she “needed privacy.” I got the room near the stairs because I was “easier.” When she wrecked continue reading …