Susan McLean
teaches at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Her first full-length poetry collection, The Best Disguise, won the 2009 Richard Wilbur Award and was published by the University of Evansville Press.
She recently had her gallbladder removed, but the gall had to go somewhere.
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My Evil Twin
My evil twin is full of feminine
self-deprecation. Don’t be taken in
by her rapt nods and deference, which mask
her sly, satiric humor. While you bask
in her respect, she’ll turn away and grin.
You think you’ve won an argument? Her chin
is cocked. She’s packing nitroglycerin.
Why can’t she let the matter slide? Don’t ask
my evil twin.
One minute she’s as sweet as saccharin,
but then, like any snake, she sheds her skin.
If you suspect that it’s a hopeless task
to coax this genie back into her flask,
you’re right. But don’t be fooled: I’ve always been
my evil twin.
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