Is supposed to mean “the twins”

Except they weren’t.

Didn’t even have the same father

(And having Tyndareus as a dad is not the same as having Zeus DNA)

(Not even close)

No, they’re just brothers

whose hearts make space for the other

In synchronized beats

Even if your own brother doesn’t text back

That doesn’t mean you don’t have a twin

Somewhere

Out there

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MEGAN LYNCH is a mother, teacher, and novelist living in middle Tennessee. She earned her MFA in creative writing for children and young adults at Hamline University in 2022. Megan is the author of the YA sci-fi Children of the Uprising trilogy, and her middle grade debut novel, BONE CARNIVAL, will be published in October 2023.