Poetry Reading: You’re Pretty Strong, For a Girl, by Cathy Hollister
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1m 1s
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
I was a scrappy little thing,
short, no-fuss hair,
T-shirts & jeans,
questionable hygiene
the term then was tom-boy
I don’t know what they call independent, strong-willed, opinionated little girls now
He was the neighborhood bully
big and smug, followed by toadies
I can’t remember why I nailed him but I surely did
I straddled him, held him down
and saw the fear in his eyes
that was enough
I knew I was supposed to be sorry
but I wasn’t
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