STOLEN

Things changed then. I slowed down, while everything around me sped up. I ts amazing really, what a tiny bit of powder can do.
"How are you feeling?" you asked. You were watching me, your ayes wide. I opened my mouth to tell i was fine but ididnt understand what came out. I t was just a jumble of noises, my tongue to thick and heavy to form words. I remember the air conditioning chilling my arms. The smell of coffee blurring. Your hand was tight around mine as you grabbed me and you took me and you stole me away.
I must have tipped your coffee cup when i stumbled to get up. I found burn mark on my leg later, a pink stain running above my left knee. I still have it. I t's gone a bit wrinkly like elephant skin. You must made me walk fast. I thought you were taking me back to my flight, leading me to the gate where my parents were waiting. It was a long way, much longer than i'd remembered. When you dragged me along those travelators, it felt like we were flying. You talked to people in uniforms and pulled me to you like i was your boyfriend. I nodded at them and smiled. You led me up some stairs. My kneecaps turned into marshmallows. Fresh air hit me, smelling like flowres and cigarettes and beer. There were other people somewhere talking softly, shrieking like monkeys when they laughed. You pulled me through some shrubs then around the corner of a building. A twig caught in my hair. My precious hair. Wee were near the rubbish bins. I could smell rotting fruit.
You pulled me to you again,, tilting my face and saying something then you kissed me. But i couldnt do anything. Everything about you was fuzzy, floating on the fumes of the bins. Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it. You took my fingers in yours. Th e warmth of you shot from my fingertips right up my arm. You said something else. I nodded. Some part of me understood. I started getting undressed. I leant against you a s i took off my jeans. You handed me new clothes. i think you dressed me like a girl with a long skirts and shoes with heels. Why you changed me into a girl? do i look like a girl for you? But i never asked you that.

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