girl #1 quickly wipes the surprise out of her
eyes, giggles & asks “no, wanna do me?”
as she winks at the blushing girl #2 & says
“it’s none of your business what i have and haven’t done, anyway.”
she grins outwardly while reminding herself to make plans
with that high-schooler she met standing in line at starbucks
two weeks ago & nobody sees her faded star cross’d eyes (that long
for a romeo & juliet amour fou kind-of love) ‘cause she plucked out
the stars & glued them onto her favorite earrings, so everyone just
assumes she wears her heart where it belongs (but in truth, it’s
carved into her wrist & hidden by cover-up ‘cause girl #1 knows
the secret of the twenty-first century is that make-up is the new
m a g i c).