baby-sitter's club inspired poetry

and now for something completely different.

claudia.

with her asian perfect skin
artistry
and inability to spell;
across the junk food hidden between
nancy drew books,
also hidden from librarian parents
afraid
of her dyslexia(?)
her inability to spell at 13.

acne threatens.
at 13 further puberty threatens.
as does eating
disorders
parental approval
causing her anxiety to spill further
into binging on
junk food
and nancy drew books.

janine, the perfect
older genious sister
will almost surely get pregnant young
and wreck the symetry of
good daughter bad
daughter
as claudia
vomits up dinner and smarties.

her body remains her canvas
she created her own caving ribcage
dressed in makeup
and art
and misspelt
mistakes.

did any of those boys really
love you,
claudia?
were they really worth
all that?c