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Womanhood MAG

August 14, 2013
By IrisAinsley96 SILVER, Bellaire, Texas
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IrisAinsley96 SILVER, Bellaire, Texas
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Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
-Jack Kerouac

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I was fourteen when the red jeep pulled up alongside me.
Blonde head leaned out, lethal boy-man combo, he was talking not to me but
at me, hey you, nice ass
Nice ass.
Nice.
Ass.
Until that moment I was not aware of my body as something others
Appreciated or
Rejected or
Absconded with,
Taylor Swift t-shirt, purple flowers on my bike basket, what kind of girl did he think I was?
The question was not rhetorical.
Thanks, I told him, I made it myself.
Head disappeared and red jeep drove away,
That was the day I started
Noticing license-plate numbers.

© Jaycee R., Lewisville, TX

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TabithaL SILVER said...
on Nov. 6 2017 at 3:15 pm
TabithaL SILVER, Suffolk, Virginia
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"Speak only if it improves upon the silence"- Mahatma Gandhi

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I've got to say, I like the message
Brisa PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 24 2013 at 5:47 am
Brisa PLATINUM, Wasilla, Alaska
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"Si dan a tú papel alineado, escribas el otro camino."
"If they give you lined paper, write the other way"
-Juan Ramon Jiminez

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Chills, my friend. Chills. I understand the reason this went in the magazine.
Mckay ELITE said...
on Aug. 17 2013 at 2:34 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
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“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

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Great emotion in this poem. The innocence of the speaker is one I'm sure many people will relate with you—girls and guys. I enjoyed the ending to this. It added an element of surprise to it. Congrats on the Editors' Choice.