The Power of Bad Words
by J.B. Lacombe
Her skirt is so short, said the teenage girls to each other. I was 7 years old. I said: she looks like a slut. They laughed; I blushed.
Later, the slut smiled at me. I tried to find the teenage girls but they were gone. I wanted to say: it's actually a pair of shorts.
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you telegraph these mean girls so well with such economy, and with a twist in the end no less. *
Thank you, Julie!
“I tried to find the teenage girls but they were gone. I wanted to say: it's actually a pair of shorts.”
Oh, I like this little thing, and I love where you take it. The smile, the shift, the desire of this child to make something right. Feels very real.
Nice one, J.B. very deftly turned.
Thank you, David!
There's something magical about this.
Gosh, what a lot going on here. Nice one!