Let me, 

Be a teenage girl.

Dramatic,

Anxious,

Shy, 

Flirty,

Emotional,

Excitable, exciting

Curious, 

Insecure. 

In my experience, this is.

Let me!

Watch me

as I worry myself sick,

as I keel and cry, 

as I stay very quiet

And watch you watch me.

Let me,

Squeeze.

into boxes and clothing,

Squeeze,

and cling to people and the music belonging to various epochs of youth,

Squeeze.

Fat and knees and mothers and

Friends overstaying their welcome,

the food’s run out!!

Go home!! Please!

Let,

me, 

model in the mirror 

phrases stolen from 

Cultures that were not mine.

me,

Mistreat the outsiders in my drastically self-centered memoir.

First thought, best thought! My impulsivity is not a best thought, I say.

Teenage girldom! 

Revel in my kingdom. 

Mine, miserably and euphorically,

mine.