Triplets In Their Bedroom, N.J. 1963
Made of shadow
—After Diane Arbus
1
Made of shadow
Her shadow is a second attempt
One works in a grenade factory. The others
in the toy grenade factory.
Repetitive motion syndrome:
repeating their own motions, and each other’s.
Filed under iconic photograph.
2
Some think they
favour one another
over other siblings.
3
Yes, the triplets have
dreamed in triplicate.
One wonders what it would be like if there were two.
Four. If only one, would it be her?
If it wasn’t, she would know.
She can tell the girls who wish they had copies.
