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" Everyone has always said I look like Bailey, but I don't.
I have grey eyes to her green,
an oval face to her heart-shaped one,
I'm shorter, scrawnier, paler, flatter, plainer, tamer.
All we shared is a madhouse of curls
that I imprison in a ponytail
while she let hers rave
like madness
around her head.
I don't sing in my sleep
or eat the petals off flowers
or run into the rain instead of out of it.
I'm the unplugged-in one,
the side-kick sister,
tucked into a corner of her shadow.
Boys followed her everywhere;
they filled the booths at the restaurant where she waitressed,
herded around her at the river.
One day, I saw a boy come up behind her
and pull a strand of her long hair
I understood this-
I felt the same way.
In photographs of us together,
she is always looking at the camera,
and I am always looking at her. "

Jandy Nelson , The Sky Is Everywhere


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Jandy Nelson quote : Everyone has always said I look like Bailey, but I don't.<br />I have grey eyes to her green,<br />an oval face to her heart-shaped one,<br />I'm shorter, scrawnier, paler, flatter, plainer, tamer.<br />All we shared is a madhouse of curls<br />that I imprison in a ponytail<br />while she let hers rave<br />like madness<br />around her head.<br />I don't sing in my sleep<br />or eat the petals off flowers<br />or run into the rain instead of out of it.<br />I'm the unplugged-in one,<br />the side-kick sister,<br />tucked into a corner of her shadow.<br />Boys followed her everywhere;<br />they filled the booths at the restaurant where she waitressed,<br />herded around her at the river.<br />One day, I saw a boy come up behind her<br />and pull a strand of her long hair<br />I understood this-<br />I felt the same way.<br />In photographs of us together,<br />she is always looking at the camera,<br />and I am always looking at her.