ew i stink. i just remembered i didnt sleep last ngiht ive been up for hours and hours. in a hotel bathroom while it rained and people walked by an open window at odd hours of the night, we had to be quiet
with a pipe sleeping on the sill to the right. i held my gun tight. curled up on the floor sometimes. or the tub. or the garbage. chainsmoked my lungs away while boys blew other kinds of smoke in my face. my stomach couldve eaten me alive. we combined forces!&crossed streets in the rain searching for food to fill our tiny tummys. our little legs carried us as fast as they could with nothing but our cardigans to keep us warm in the rain. 5 am. i kept a flower by my side, gripping it tight; it was bent at both ends of the stem. pink petals leaving a trail. i forgot it on the counter when the man gave me food. i miss my flower. and im still wet & hungry. i still have sand in my shoess$^%skshaf*kad)furewhg;hw%$sakn_