Christine
Written by Helen Rooks
It was funny
When her school grey
Hand-me-down cardigan
Ballooned.
Catch us doing that –
At fourteen
With fags and mascara
Safely
In our pencil cases.
Not that we’d ever been asked.
Shoulder to shoulder
We’d risk a sideward glance –
Shocked by her long socks
And hairslides.
And we’d only giggle
If her back was turned.