>>girlhood about cleanliness? <<
all the time it's repent (I'm dirty, sick and mean, wash it off) then rejoice (I'm appreciating the smaller things in life, I've never connected to girls the way I do with these two) then I scrub and scrub at my hands until their red, try to research what could be happeni-
girl hears whispers in the frozen food aisle of the supermarket.girl braids her hair in the local park. girl sucks the dirt out from her teeth. girl dances in the pub with no makeup on. girl falls asleep to the sounds of foxes wailing. girl dreams of nothing but baby lambs for weeks and weeks. girl changes her duvet covers. girl whispers to the frozen food in the supermarket. girl falls asleep in the local park. girl sucks the blood from her paper-cut. girl dances in her room with no lights on. girl falls asleep to nothing but the sound of silence. girl dreams and dreams and dreams and dreams and dr-
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jolie memphis
PoetrySuzanne led me over to the gap, that pale opaque liquid seeping into my skin-honey, I realised. she leaned in close, voice warm and soft, the scent of aniseed on her breath. you can be anyone you want, she whispered. I closed my eyes. who are yo...
