{"id":4537,"date":"2018-07-17T11:56:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/HatchetOnline\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2024-08-16T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:04:11","slug":"sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"

First published in Fall, 2009, Volume 6, Issue 2, The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nTwin sisters born fair of face<\/span><\/p>\n

One named Rose the other Grace<\/span><\/p>\n

They shared no love when each was born<\/span><\/p>\n

Given to jealousy and deepest scorn<\/span><\/p>\n

True love they would never find<\/span><\/p>\n

Both were evil and the devil\u2019s kind<\/span><\/p>\n

Rose met a man of wealth and fame<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was Grace longing to share his name<\/span><\/p>\n

The man knew not of their shared hate<\/span><\/p>\n

His love of Rose her mortal fate<\/span><\/p>\n

Grace plotted to enchant him away<\/span><\/p>\n

Her twin sister she planned to slay<\/span><\/p>\n

She mixed a brew from nightshade in bloom<\/span><\/p>\n

With her sister\u2019s death he would be Rose\u2019s groom<\/span><\/p>\n

The deceitful Grace reached out to Rose<\/span><\/p>\n

Feigning love as the same blood in their veins flows<\/span><\/p>\n

Rose welcomed her sister\u2018s pretences of love<\/span><\/p>\n

Grace spoke to her like the cooing of a dove<\/span><\/p>\n

She came bearing a gift of wine<\/span><\/p>\n

Made from the berries of the nightshade vine<\/span><\/p>\n

Rose took a sip and grabbed at her throat<\/span><\/p>\n

While Grace smiled and appeared to gloat<\/span><\/p>\n

She watched her sister wretch and die<\/span><\/p>\n

Their eyes fixed there was no cry<\/span><\/p>\n

Grace became Rose and married the man<\/span><\/p>\n

A golden ring he placed on her hand<\/span><\/p>\n

But the ghost of Rose appeared each night<\/span><\/p>\n

Consuming her sister with unspeakable fright<\/span><\/p>\n

Grace screamed and hollered until the break of dawn<\/span><\/p>\n

Before too long the groom was gone<\/span><\/p>\n

A voice whispered in Grace\u2019s ear<\/span><\/p>\n

For all your life you\u2018ll know this fear<\/span><\/p>\n

You took my name to become a wife<\/span><\/p>\n

Your evil ways will end your life<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing before a window bare<\/span><\/p>\n

Grace leaped into the midnight air<\/span><\/p>\n

The ghost of Rose was laid to rest<\/span><\/p>\n

As Grace fell to her waiting death<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A compelling poem by Aurora Lewis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5221,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions\/5221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lizzieandrewborden.com\/hatchetonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}