Literature
So, I hear you're.....
It was a thing they started to do A bit of playful teasing about Each other's ages There's a year's difference It started when one turned 20 The younger one going, "So, I hear you're 20!" The older one would retort "So, I hear you're 19!" It happened again Five years later This teasing betwixt sisters "So, I hear you're 25!" "So I hear you're 24!" Five years became ten "So, I hear you're 35!" "So I hear you're 34!" And then five again "So, I hear you're 40!~" "So I hear you're 39!" This would continue Five years more "So, I hear you're 45!" "So, I hear you're 44!" Playful ribbing As the years passed As their hair started to gray "So, I hear you're 60!" "So I hear you're 59!" Teasing each other About their respective ages With only a year's difference A back and forth "So, I hear you're 80!" "So, I hear you're 79!" Until the very end "Hey, Sis, so, I hear you're...." She couldn't bring herself to finish Not at first, no, but she could bring herself to smile The memories