Blythe Baird
Dress Code
Sent home.
Eleven years old.
Violation to the dress code.
Skirt not enough. You: too much.
Eleven years old.
Beware of boys- all cave, no man.
Skirt not enough. You: too much.
Mature prematurely. Become woman, early.

Beware of boys- all cave, no man.
“Nice girls want love, silly girls want to make it.”
Mature prematurely. Become woman, early.
Having a body implies public property.

“Nice girls want love, silly girls want to make it.”
The principal measures my hemline. Ruler to thigh.
Having a body implies public property.
How can my body say something I don’t?

The principal measures my hemline. Ruler to thigh.
Violation to the dress code.
How can my body say something I don’t?
Sent home.