Dinky Submitted by Poppy Flynn Written by Jester Age 17 What you know to be wrong. Disregarding the throes of womanhood,
Too much hardship and too much pain
The maturity of body and mind
Brought on an unwanted maturity
And instead clutching
Which, backfiring, threw me back
Baby memories.
into the world of a regressing mind.
Finding excuses for being a child
Gone are the naivete and trust
At heart, in mind and on act.
Of the child But forcefully brought back
But still as the throes of womanhood unfurl,
In the middle-aged teenager,
I’ll sit here and scream
Is the will to mistrust and believe
‘I want to be a little girl!’
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