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3. Disappointing adults – Dad
from When I Was Seven
by Collins
Dad worked in the town but lived in the countryside.
One day at a country fair Stalls rides coconut shies legs, sweaty summer feet people moving and mingling everywhere
A woman shook my hand:
Hello, nice to meet you.
I ’ m your dad ’ s new girlfriend.
I swallowed down the heat in my face and hid in a cloud of candyfloss. It was easier not to speak. Instead, head lowered I turned away.
A few months later, that winter, together at a Christmas show. My dad and his girlfriend holding hands as the lights went dark I turned and faced my sister. She smiled. She didnt know. The lenses in her glasses flashed as the stage began to glow. On with the show.
