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Rebel: Notes of an Online Journal
“Rebel”
I survived my
childhood
back then,
having the rep
of a badass.
But I wasn’t one,
I kept still.
I wanted to play
chess,
draw and paint.
All thru’ my
teenage rebel years
my grade scores
tanked,
I didn’t care
and didn’t wash.
I had become
a biker chick
which didn’t count,
‘cause I wasn’t
into sex yet,
and it was only
a scooter.
Came
junior college,
that was “IT”—
I grew
my hair long,
took art class.
The first time
the group
drew a
male nude model,
it was electric.
I stared right at
his ‘thing’
as I smudged
the pastels,
but it was okay
I was cool,
I hated boys.
NaPoGloPoWriMo 2019
I survived my
childhood
back then,
having the rep
of a badass.
But I wasn’t one,
I kept still.
I wanted to play
chess,
draw and paint.
All thru’ my
teenage rebel years
my grade scores
tanked,
I didn’t care
and didn’t wash.
I had become
a biker chick
which didn’t count,
‘cause I wasn’t
into sex yet,
and it was only
a scooter.
Came
junior college,
that was “IT”—
I grew
my hair long,
took art class.
The first time
the group
drew a
male nude model,
it was electric.
I stared right at
his ‘thing’
as I smudged
the pastels,
but it was okay
I was cool,
I hated boys.
NaPoGloPoWriMo 2019
Published 5th Apr 2019
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5th Apr 2019 1:35pm
I always enjoy reading about the contrast of our first ( positive ) experience with males, particularly their physique in art class. And particularly from women who aren't into men! These glimpses remain delightful, Kathy.
Have you ever read Sharon Old's The Connoisseur of Slugs? I actually gasped.
https://russellboyle.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/the-connoisseur-of-slugs-by-sharon-olds/
Have you ever read Sharon Old's The Connoisseur of Slugs? I actually gasped.
https://russellboyle.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/the-connoisseur-of-slugs-by-sharon-olds/
Thank you, no I haven't... and I remember she'll be one of the tributes for May? I definitely will go explore this link, I'm very anxious to settle in for a read.
And yes, I thought you'd "get it" since you've read my previous NaPo entries having to do with childhood - and the males of the sex were nothing but pains while I was small and slowly trying to figure out my place in the "order". xo
And yes, I thought you'd "get it" since you've read my previous NaPo entries having to do with childhood - and the males of the sex were nothing but pains while I was small and slowly trying to figure out my place in the "order". xo
5th Apr 2019 1:42pm
5th Apr 2019 1:43pm
5th Apr 2019 1:35pm
"and it was only
a scooter."
... it was before your time but 'mods & rockers' rode scooters and were pretty cool in the 1950s - along the esplanade in Brighton, U.K.
Another lovely write.
a scooter."
... it was before your time but 'mods & rockers' rode scooters and were pretty cool in the 1950s - along the esplanade in Brighton, U.K.
Another lovely write.
5th Apr 2019 1:47pm
Hello Josh, lovely to hear back from you once again.
Yes... scooters, put-puts... but mine was all shiny new, bright white and cherry red. But it's a regional/ cultural thing that I figure is very universal... that an actual motorcycle (no less than 750 cc thank you...) is the status. I was laughing throughout the making of this piece, mostly about no sex - it was only a scooter.
Yes... scooters, put-puts... but mine was all shiny new, bright white and cherry red. But it's a regional/ cultural thing that I figure is very universal... that an actual motorcycle (no less than 750 cc thank you...) is the status. I was laughing throughout the making of this piece, mostly about no sex - it was only a scooter.
