Apt at 8

# by Anna Grace Du Noyer

Apt at 8

Chubby face

Relished maths

And Value pasta

Tinned tomatoes

Wonky fringe

Crushed

On purpose

Youth,

flirtatious

Empty girl

Ten and hurt

Short-sighted

Glasses.

Seldom sob

Then

Steamed up

Lenses

And it rolled on

15 in awe

Fluffy folklore

Canary Wharf

Dazed

Flat out: look up

Escaped

still

Shaking

Posh

pearls.

The humdrum

Entitled tour

Pants on

Like everybody else

I carried it

Like everyone felt