savannah

the first thing i really remember is a pair of zebra striped sunglasses with little zebra heads at the corners

i was three maybe four and had falled down on some slippery rocks at landa park in new brunsfuls (its a natural swimmin hole),...i skinned my nose all up and had two black eyes,....i looked like my momma had beat the hell outa me
she bought me the glasses and told me not to take them off when we went into place, though i quickly learned that if i would let them slide down the bridge of my scabby nose and batt my eyelashes at people i could get sympathy and often times candy

i also remember being about the same age and sneeking down the stairs at my grandmothers house so that i could listen to the adults play cards as i was supposed to be asleep,...my great grandfather caught me and said 'sally girl you better get up there to bed', to which i put my hands on my hips and retorted "pappa you dont scare me wortha damn"

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i changed my mind; i changed my mind;now i'm feeling different

all that time, wasted
i wish i was a little more delicate
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i wish my name was clementine - sarah jaffe