#24

We only half-believed they wanted it.
Angela said that was enough. Hitched her skirt
over the garden fence, and left her tights behind.
I followed because she needed
me to. Before the boys arrived we combed our hair
under a hollybush so its leaves would stick.
We raised our noses to the moon, smelling like Christmas.

[tag word: VICARIOUS - Kari Maaren @angrykem]

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