Girlishly

Woman in red skirt and boots
Photo by Lawrence Krowdeed on Unsplash

Girls are. Girls were.

After her death, I found a set of polaroids in her papers. I was a girl. Young attracts old.

About these photos:

  1. I drape across a patio chair
  2. I walk up stairs
  3. I stand hip cocked

In all, I wear red cowboy boots.

About this man. In his fifties while I was in my teens. The motion of the muse. He had some fame in fine art. I felt some shame in the studio.

The news is full of girls. Girls flown to islands. Girls in penthouses. Everyone knows. Everyone knew.

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