Girlhood, 1999

Host a funeral for your Tamagotchi.

Beg for a Baby G Shock.

Buy Air Walks from Journeys.

Sew a Jerry Bear on your Jncos.

Take up the saxophone.

Learn only Hot Cross Buns.

Borrow your sister’s Abercrombie tank.

Wear it all summer.

When she returns from camp,

store it in your closet.

Never wear the same thing twice.

Drench your hair in Sun In.

Slather yourself in Maui Babe.

Braid your entire head.

Sleep on it.

Add butterfly clips.

Steal six bottles of Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

Ride to the dance

in the back of the pickup truck.

Fill a balloon with cornstarch.

Squeeze it til it bursts.

Devour Delia’s like it’s

a sleeve of Double Stuffed Oreos.

Get the Gushers, the Cosmic Brownies,

Oatmeal Cream Pies, Capri Suns.

Doritos Cooler Ranch.

Not the Nacho Cheese.

Spray Victoria’s Secret Love Spell

in the places Cosmo told you.

Print every scene from Titanic.

Maybe just the Leo ones.

Burn a CD for a boy.

Add Sixpence None the Richer,

Lauryn Hill.

Never give it to him.

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