ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)
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~ American feminist living in Sweden ~ SHE/HER
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Old Enough
My best friend and her cousins know the time is coming for me to say goodbye, for now at least, when we see a new yellow taxi cab pull up and Paw-Paw stands up and waves to the driver. What a spectacle for the whole darn world, my big white Paw-Paw, post hernia procedure standing next to our small chestnut colored Pearl; heck, they even hugged.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Chapters
Old Enough
While Clara and I were instructed to "play nice" with Jolly and Bertie outside it was far much harder than usual knowing Jolly wanted me to be his girlfriend. Why is it that the more a boy likes someone they act more stupid than ever? It's like the rooster walking around the barnyard crowing his fool head off, all puffed up about nothing while the hens busy themselves with more serious affairs like laying eggs and digging for worms. Soon as Jolly started showing off his cartwheels and tree climbing skills, us girls got busy drawing in the dirt with sticks. Clara and I were designing a house and Bertie, well, she just made circles with that, "I'm so bored I could die" look on her face. It was scorching hot but grown-ups want kids outside so they can have some peace. At least that's what Clara says.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Chapters
Way Over the Rainbow
"Hello? Oh Esther! I'm thrifting, can ya hear me? Let me put ya on speaker. I'm in a dressing room. Gotta have more bling, tchotchke, right? Minimalist, shinimalist, let 'em say our house is cluttered. There's a big difference in being a hoarder or on the boarder, right? WhateveAH! SO, my friend in the ArTik, yes, that's what I said, ArTIk, is having this challenge or some nonsense so I says, what the sheesh kabob, I'll go along. I'm a good sport. I'm not into competitive sports but I do like watching the boys in their leotards in Paris right now. Swingin' on them bars, tight little, OHHH! Hot flash! Does the ArTik compete in the Olympics? Who knew people actually lived there? Who they gonna send that can bring home the likes of Sweden and the States? Santa Claus? Esther? I don't have time to go on about it, so listen and write this down cause I am tryin' to close my purse; the zipper's stuck." ~~
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Pride
Old Enough
As you know, I have had this notion that I am very smart; my teacher has repeatedly said this to my grandfather, Paw-Paw, and Pearl our housekeeper, cook, and my wanna-be Aunt for years. I have been told I talk too much and all summer have made it my goal to just shut my trap. I thought I was clever, getting a way with things like sneaking down to the rail road tracks which are super forbidden, studying hobos, or as my best hobo pal Hank says, "train jumpers", however Clara, Pearl's niece and my new best friend and blood sister says, "school smarts and street smarts is different."
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Chapters
Old Enough
Waking up in a whole new world is the kind of dream a lot of kids have; all I can say is be careful what you wish for. I am more than lucky that my first sleepover was in the home of someone who has taken care of me and Paw-Paw since I was so small that she changed my diapers. That's a bit embarrassing now that I think about it. Pearl never talks about my mother and father, she has said on the times I have inquired, "none of my business child." If I was ornery, which I was when younger, on very rare occasions of course, she just turned on cartoons for me and walked away saying, "mmm, mmm, mmm". I love Pearl. As I have said many a time, I wish we were family.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Chapters
Conquering
My heart softened just enough to allow a momentary dash of surrender to embellish me. It came over me like a fleeting amount of delirium where forgiveness seemed plausible, that is, as possible as rewriting history can be. I felt as if all could be erased, null and void.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Poets
Old Enough
To be frank, my circumstances leading to my first sleepover, EVER!, were not great news with Paw-Paw having a procedure in the hospital and all, but like my friend Hobo Hank says, "when the opportunity comes, ya gotta jump." And jumping is what Clara and I did when we heard the news.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)about a year ago in Chapters
