Ignore the Other Girls*

Prose poetry

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What is something you don’t want your grandma to know?

Let me tell you.
Don’t drop acid and go to Orange Julius before prom.
Don’t sit in the car until a security guard makes you go in. He won’t care if your face is melting.
And your name is? And your school is? And your dinner was?
You will have a choice but the obvious one is: don’t let him drive —
so go in and get a…