There are two girls standing in navy

swimsuits in the picture I didn’t take. No

more than thirteen years old, they’re posed,

with arms wide, greeting

the lens of someone else’s camera—whose,

I don’t know. The shorter of the two

reminds me of my sister when she danced:

Her leotard brimming

with sequins. She defeated

gravity, spinning her body

on the tips of toes. This girl wears her smile.

The other, taller girl is hiding

behind her friend; Or maybe it is her sister.

Peeking around her frame

are the first signs of puberty:

a swelling in the hips and chest.

Adrienne Dyane Lewis is Co-Editor of the Paradidomi Review, a

new forum for Mid-Michigan creative writers. Her work has appeared

in Fusion, Controlled Burn, and the White Pine Review. A

professional grant writer, she lives in Saginaw with her husband

and son. Her first chapbook is forthcoming from Mayapple Press.