Janice folds
her new dress
quite neatly
and lays it
in the drawer
and shuts it
school next week
she tells me
nice to have
new clothes then
guess it is
I reply
got new shirts
and a pair
of trousers
my mother
got for me
from The Cut
I could hear
Janice's
grandmother
working in
the kitchen
getting us
some dinner
I like that
lemon dress
that you wear
I tell her
why that one?
the colour
lights you up
Gran told me
it's too short
to wear now
Janice says
that's a shame
I liked it
I've got lime
with flowers
Gran got me
she shows me
the lime dress
which she holds
against her
what you think?
it's ok
just ok?
just ok
I liked your
lemon one
it's too short
Gran told me
what is wrong
with the lime?
the flowers
too sissy
too sissy?
I'm a girl
sissy's good
Janice says
she adjusts
her beret
the red one
she puts down
the lime dress
brushes it
hangs it up
I look out
the window
at a train
passing by
on the bridge
dinner time
her gran calls
the train's gone
janice takes
the beret
off her head
her blonde hair
shoulder length
her blue eyes
watery
I like lime
she tells me
we go off
eat dinner
after grace
we eating
I watching
Janice's
sallow face.
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