More than most people, Ben Groner feels pretty lucky to be alive — and that’s because his life is the result of some pretty remarkable choices. In this episode, Ben tells poet Megan Smith about his parents’ unlikely love story, how he and his twin brother came to be, and about a secret that could have kept the two of them from ever coming into existence.

**Credits: This episode of Versify was hosted and produced by Joshua Moore, a poet with The Porch, Nashville’s nonprofit literary center. The episode was edited by WPLN’s Blake Farmer and Tony Gonzalez, with additional editing by Anita Bugg.

Carl Pedersen masters the show. The music is by Alex Mason, Podington Bear, Kaela Drew and Hawkin — all found through the Free Music Archive.

Today’s story and poem were recorded by producer Sean Clark at the Converge Nashville gallery space.