two sets

we started the class together:
two mamas and
two daddies amd
two brothers and
two sisters.
one of each per each to make a set.
mamadaddybrothersister.
like that. a set.

we started the class together, two sets.
we talked.
we learned the rules together, two sets.
we shared.
we absorbed the history together, two sets.
we grew.
we passed the tests together, two sets.
we laughed.

then one day it was our day,
a day for two sets,
to stand in front and pledge allegiance
to the others
and to ourselves.
and our pledge merged us into the others,
so we were no longer two sets
sidebyside,
instead we became like sugar
stirred into hot tea.
we dissolved.