
Hey! My name is Nancy. I am a 17 year old girl that lives in Australia! My dream is to live in London someday.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the Library aide who hides in Fantasy.
I am the circus freak encased in beesax.
I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.
When I get close they step back. The cameras in their eyeholes record the zit on my chin, the rain in my eyes, the blue water under my skin. They pick up every sound on their collor microphones. They want to pull me inside of them, but they’re afraid.
I am contagious.
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Wintergirls
By Laurie Halse Anderson