Her argument was vehement and fast –
abrupt and cold refusal to abet
my statement there’s a difference (nothing vast)
in quality of parents siblings get.
Maintaining that her sister knew the same
attention, action, discipline she had,
for they were close in age (two years), became
annoying to me from my old comrade.

She wasn’t using memory or mind –
those 20-somethings had to morph, of course.
And marriages evolve – love will unwind
or grow, to prosper or to find divorce.
My friend says her objective is to learn.
I wish she’d lighten up and be less stern.