A Three-Skinned Family

He is his father’s son

Her mother’s daughter

They are a one-skinned family

Descended from a long line

Of one-skins

He has his father’s father’s hair

And her mother’s eyes

They all look alike

I am my father’s son

My mother’s daughter

We are a three-skinned family

Descended from a long line

Of two-skins

I have my father’s hair

And my mother’s eyes

We do not look alike

We are a three-skinned family

We are colored soup

We are divided

We are one

We look adopted

We look hereditary

We are a three-skinned family

We are our father’s sons

Our mother’s daughters

We descend from a long line of two-skins

We have our father’s hair

Our mother’s eyes

We don’t look alike

We are a three-skinned family