Fourteen

Fourteen



At fourteen,
Lost in the woods
Squatting to pee, it
Runs down my leg
    hot and itchy

No one knows where I 
   am, or was
My face splotched
   and pimply
Always embarrassed

No kissing for me
The boys want perfect skin
  pretty smiles
I hide in those pine trees
Near the pond and farm

There’s no watch or clock
I can’t read the sun
Just my hunger
When it’s time to go I walk

Past the corn, 
  over the stones
Rotting apples on the lawn
The door unlocked, my room
Hot and bare
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Leffanta Avatar
August 20, 2020 at 12:06 PM
but safely Home again! Aloha! Rico
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