I thought it was normal…

This doesn’t happen
to girls like me—
no, only the girls
on the big TV screen.

This doesn’t happen
to girls who like dolls
no, only to fictional
characters I see on the screen

This doesn’t happen
to girls who dress up
just the girls
who live in a fantasy book.

This doesn’t happen
to girls like me.

Turns out I was wrong.
She’s exactly like me.

It happened to her
not in a book,
not on a screen
but alone,
in her world.

It happened to her.
It happened to her.
She’s exactly like me…

Oh wait
she is me.