iDevelopment

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at school i was the lucky 

one with the extra cool 

dad and mum who gave me the moon

and the stars and the sun

instead of expensive plastic trash

with things that flash

costs wads of cash

the other kids for some reason

jealously wanted to be me

i had every freedom of self expression

to be me became my life lesson

and in the process

being a child was big fun

then womanhood begun like a shape 

shifter i owned what boys wanted to play 

with but when they couldn’t 

get more than a snog or a hand 

upstairs outside 

‘cos i refused to be another of their unloved 

lovers (which was what a council 

estate girl was apparently destined 

to be with a pushchair and a pram

and another bun in the oven) and getting inside 

my knickers was strictly a no-no way street

then they called me 

slag