skipping thru
bubble gum culture in a fog
ponging and bonging ears
–hair drugged up on Peroxide
an’ so high
it buzzed bee-hive high
her cover—jealous, so she
gave her face its fix, too
tying off flab by the dime roll
spank you very much
because soda pop bones
break with the smallest provocation
©Karen Robiscoe
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