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30 Dressing Room She was 14 Summer place Sand even in town At John & Anne’s Where there was always A new flavor to taste Mango burst her fave That was the year she wore The yellow bikini Everyone was nice The year her skin was so tan Her mother worried Her mother whose mouth broke out In blisters from the sun She wore ointment on her lips Had to stay under the umbrella While her daughter wandered The long stretch of beach She was 14 He was not Sand even in town At the bathing suit shop Where there was always Something new to try on She’d seen him on a bike He turned to look When she took off her dress To try on the bikini 31 He was outside the door She didn’t close it Let him see her lift it up Over her brown shoulders Let him have his look Her first one Her mother was under the umbrella While her daughter wandered The long stretch of beach ...

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