Read by Shawna Butler
The day I threw my name into a pond
I lived.
I became one instead of two -
Right and wrong combined
My true self emerged
bowties, monocles,
furs made of snow
and to top it off, a hat
and a wicked laugh.
The hat made the new me
striking
amazing
and absurd!
I added a cotton ball tail
and lightning fast feet
and more and more
until
one day
someone found
in the same pond
the name
I had thrown away forever.
Now I am two again -
one wandering, silent, obedient, naïve girl
the other a wild white bunny with a cotton ball tail,
top hat
and wicked laugh