Self-Portrait of the US as Conjoined Twins

It was there since the beginning:                                                            the white rope, eye splice                                         uniting us                                                            between two bodies                                   we were sewn                                             together                                                            tethered                                                            by a single                                                            fratricidal heart                                              one tree                                              we split                                                         in                                                            two                                                            I dreamed rebellion                    (to pare the pair of us)                                                            our parallel lives                                                            a double-barreled shotgun   I had to free myself from you   me […]