First Date

 

First Date

 

 13

I was so excited

I had a new outfit

Green Winnie the Pooh top and matching skirt

I remember the empty parking lot

at the mall

…

 

Home

I’m safe now

I told her what happened

but she didn’t let me finish

The word

“slut”

 

she locked herself in her room

and all I knew

was that what happened

made me

the word

 

The next time I said nothing

13

16

25

Best to say nothing

 

What does the pain

or the shame

matter

to a slut?