Chapter 23:
Something's Not Right
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Family...
That's right...
I have
a family.
In my recollection
of the happiness sandwich,
my mother was there.
That means
there's a father too.
(I can't remember
his face.)
Family...
Why do I
suddenly
want to cry?
A hazy picture
comes to mind.
We're at a HDB playground,
I'm calling for Mummy
at the top of my lungs.
Beside me,
at the top
of the largest slide,
someone smaller than me
is stamping his feet,
repeating my call.
Hands filled with grocery bags,
she's distracted
talking to Papa.
We call louder,
my brother and I.
Until
they turn to watch us
slide down together
at the same time
backwards.
Then we're running,
towards them,
into them.
Did you see? Did you see?
We sing,
dancing and jumping,
like we've climbed
Mount Everest.
They were warm,
those eyes
that look like mine.
Four, I say.
There are four of us.
The doctor
stares at me
motionless,
like a CCTV.
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