{"id":2890,"date":"2018-06-18T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridareview.cah.ucf.edu\/?post_type=article&amp;p=2890"},"modified":"2018-06-18T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:19:35","slug":"i-tell-my-twin-sister-if-i-come-back-after-i-die","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/article\/i-tell-my-twin-sister-if-i-come-back-after-i-die\/","title":{"rendered":"I Tell My Twin Sister if I Come Back after I Die,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"padding-left: 54px\">\u00a0<\/span>it sure as hell ain\u2019t gonna be to visit<\/p>\n<p>as a pesky fly, obsessively orbiting her head while<\/p>\n<p>she kneels, nose-pinched, to de-poop the litter box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or a squirrel, like the one she calls <em>Mom<\/em><\/p>\n<p>whenever it pauses halfway up the maple<\/p>\n<p>to stare through the kitchen window as she lights<\/p>\n<p>a cigarette: <em>I know, I know\u2014I promise I\u2019ll quit!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If we\u2019re granted the power to return, to embody<\/p>\n<p>some other kind of creature, why would it be<\/p>\n<p>those two ducks who claim her pool every June?<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Okay . . . so if they <strong>are<\/strong> Grandma and Grandpa,\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>what do you think they\u2019re trying to communicate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>through the shit and feathers you skim out daily? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You remember how they loved to swim,<\/em> she insists,<\/p>\n<p>when I suggest it\u2019s the endless supply of breadcrumbs<\/p>\n<p>she scatters, not reincarnation, bringing them back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Well, if <strong>I<\/strong> return,<\/em> I assure her, <em>it\u2019ll be as a bear<\/em>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>not at all native to her suburban town\u2014a big one,<\/p>\n<p>who claws a perfect M for Michael into the side<\/p>\n<p>of her shed. <em>So there\u2019s no uncertainty it\u2019s me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Oh my god! Don\u2019t you dare, <\/em>she says.<em> That shed cost<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>a fortune! But . . . feel free to carve it into the maple.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What makes you think I\u2019m going first anyway? <\/em>I ask.<\/p>\n<p><em>Has that fly you call Pop<\/em> <em>been telling you something?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Clean the litter box for me, <\/em>she says. <em>And ask him yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it sure as hell ain\u2019t gonna be to visit \/ as a pesky fly . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2891,"template":"","categories":[9,49,119],"tags":[6,690,691,692],"class_list":["post-2890","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aquifer","category-literary-features","category-poetry","tag-aquifer-the-florida-review-online","tag-i-tell-my-twin-sister-if-i-come-back-after-i-die","tag-michael-montlack","tag-reincarnation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Tell My Twin Sister if I Come Back after I Die, - 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