My Siblings Hate Me

My Siblings Hate Me

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I am the second son
In a dysfunctional family
My older brother
And younger brother
Hated me from an early age

Seeing me
As an easy target
For their abuse
I was weak, sickly,
Bad vision, bad hearing
Bad coordination

Socially awkward
And weird
Very creative

We grew apart
Barely on talking terms

My older brother
Going down
the right-wing rabbit holes

Becoming a Trump supporter
And a white nationalistic racist
Despite being married
To a Filipino

My younger brother
Joining him
In his political paranoia
And racism

His half-Chinese son
Married a black women
Karma is a bitch

Both of them
Hating me
for my success

My sister grew apart
Lived in rural poverty
Along the California coast

She died of a mysterious illness
She was only 45
When the grim reaper
Took her soul

I have an older half-sister
With whom I get along

I had two half brothers
From my mother
Criminal types
They are long dead
No doubt.