Blaze R. Fresh

"Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number."

TW: rape, child sexual assault, self-harm. *names have been changed “Let me tell you something. Age ain’t nothing but a number.” Tonya* punctuated her statement with a hand motion as though she were flattening linens, in a cadence that did not belong to a high schooler. Nor, however, did most of the experiences she had just finished relating to me.