Do you remember

when you were thirteen

you wanted to dye your hair

just to spite your mother

and you would parade around the house

wearing

your sister’s stolen lace bra

and ‘pink lady’ stickers

on your nose.

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Do you remember

when the house got colder and you’d wear

slippers over your tights

and you’d always cry

even though you weren’t very sad

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Do you remember

when you turned sixteen

and you went to a disco

and walked home, barefoot and weak-limbed,

swearing you’d never go again.

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Do you remember

when

you ended up alone

so you dressed up each night

in fancy dress

and you hated yourself

for having no friends

so you danced around

your room to led zep.

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Do you remember when you dropped acid

tired of being a straight A student

and you told your mother you hated her

but bought her roses

and painted her nails as she slept