First blood and internalized misogyny
My body was like a new pair of roller skates and the summertime sizzled across the tall grass and red earth. The last summer of my girlhood and the sunburns melted on my tongue like an aspirin Dissolving away in a bike basket Everyone said it hurtSome girls missed school for the pain or the shame, running to deposit the secret on the back of their skirts into a yellow, plastic chairAnd I believ...