the sword fight

you hear swords
clanging against one
another in the other room.
you rush in to see
what the commotion
is about.
your two sisters
are fighting again,
circling the room,
attempting to once
and for all decide who
is the queen bee
of this family.
one sister jumps
up onto the couch
to get a better angle
with which to swipe
at the other sister's
head, but she sees
it coming and ducks,
pulling a crocheted
afghan blanket out
from under her feet.
in a tumble they both
fall to the floor,
wrestling in their
armor. you don't even
try to break them up.
they will at some
point exhaust themselves
and go back to their
lives, forgetting why
any of this ever
happened.