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Girls
April 6, 2013
He says there are three kinds.
Uglies, Normals, and Gems.
Gems? –I laugh—like the kind you wear
around your neck, or flash on fingers—
those showstoppers?
He says they’re hard to find.
I wonder if he ever has.
© Maghan D., Athens, AL
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