Nobody Told Me
Transcript
Nobody told me
that pinching pimples will leave scars
that tampons hurt
that I can squirt
that hair grows in my arse
that when I get my period I’ll also get the shits
that boobs change size
that so do my thighs
that fanny farts exist!
that the hair I shave off will come back quick
and to make it worse – twice as thick
that my vagina won’t look like those on TV
I’ll have to pick out my in-growns while I wait for my tea
that I won’t look in the mirror
without spinning side to side
and I’ll try to suck in my belly
or spread my shoulders wide
that I’ll sag and I’ll shed and there isn’t a manual
that orgasms from sex are barely annual
that my body will bloat and shrink
like seasons: month by month
that for so long
I’ll think - what’s wrong?
it’s just me
I’m a freak
nobody told me
that they felt it too
that they’re also inside an alien vessel
with oddities
absurdities
and monsters to wrestle
that really, there’s tonnes of us
a whole UFO fleet
of hairy nipples
and ones that dribble
of mono - tits
and sweaty pits
of stretch marks
of birth marks
and bingo wings too
thigh closes not gaps
and gi-gan-tic flaps!
nobody told me
that when I’ll bleed I will feast
that when I pee there’ll be yeast
that when I fuck it will sting
and that bum fluff’s a thing
nobody told me how to navigate
nobody told me
that it’s impossible to tell anyone else how to navigate
around their body
to not care about weight
to stop waiting for someone’s else’s approval
to approve myself. and my muffins tops too
that life’s too short to not enjoy a fully naked screw
nobody ever told me
so I’m telling you