Double the Payne (Coming Soon)

When I look into a
mirror,
it is her face I see.
Her right is my left, double
moles, dimple and all.
My right is her left,
unblemished.

We are exact
opposites,
Lela and me.
Mirror image identical
twins. One egg, one sperm
one zygote, divided,
sharing one complete
set of genetic markers.

On the outside we are

the same. But not
inside. I think
she is the egg, so
much like our mother
it makes me want to scream.
Cold.
Controlled. 

That makes me the sperm
I guess. I take completely
after our father.
All Daddy, that's me.
Codependent. 
Cowardly.

Good, bad. Left, right.
Lela and Liam.
One egg, one sperm.
One being, split in two.

And how many
souls?

Ellen Hopkins