What happened to Abby Doodle
Stroodle Noodle
Or the freckle on her nose
that she always wanted to hide and
Where did the pickle green
polo shirts go that were buttoned up to the top and her straight across bangs
What took the silence from
her heart and put the tears in her eyes
What happened to the hoop
earrings and bright eye shadow that made her feel mature
The ipod nanos, the Pokémon cards, her Gameboy and her dear tamagotchis
The animal
crackers, Blues Clues, her bunnies, and the legos only boys played
The Razor
scooter she got for her birthday and the crocs she wore out to dinner.
Oh and what
about the Webkinz and Stardoll
She was
confident in her skin
She was
independent
She was
competitive about everything
She was
opinionated
She was feisty
And She was
happy
They all
disappeared because dad always said to grow up and kids told her that wasn’t
cool. The boy called her fat, the girl
called her ugly and the teacher called her dumb.
She decided she should
probably replace those things with burgundy lipstick, diamond earrings and fake
eyelashes.
She is quiet
She is a ‘whatever you want’
person
She is sad
She is lonely
And she is ok
Her nanos were upgraded to
the ipod touch and the Pokémon cards were burned.
The Webkinz account has been
deactivated and her Gameboy has been put out of order
The Blues Clues doesn’t play
anymore and the scooter is who knows where.
Well I don’t care anymore anyways.
Heartbreaking and it made me happy for some reason. Does that mean something's wrong with me. Despite your loss of childhood, you are okay. (Or is it all for show? I don't know.) But I really enjoyed reading this.
ReplyDelete"She decided she should probably replace those things with burgundy lipstick, diamond earrings and fake eyelashes."
This is seriously beautiful, Abby.
ReplyDeletepieces of ourselves that we left behind on the sidewalk next to rained on chalk.
ReplyDeletethis makes me sad.
pieces of ourselves that we left behind on the sidewalk next to rained on chalk.
ReplyDeletethis makes me sad.