Unsolicited Advice for Quiet Girls with Kind Eyes
after Jeanann Verlee When the boy on the street with his friends, all wearing matching neon-colored wife beaters, tells you that you dress like an old woman, take it as a compliment. When your crush tells you you’re beautiful, do not disagree. Tell him that his girlfriend is too. When your first boyfriend tells you to do something to prove that you love him, leave him. When he gets angry and grabs you as if you are a bar-code that belongs to him, leave him and run. When you come home searching your body for any purity it has left, if any, do not blame yourself. Hug yourself instead....
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