Little Girl

I took off my panties and threw them into the corner

the panties I had since high school

the trash can was a recent purchase

My patio was hot that summer and I was wearing a strapless dress

My inner thighs were sweating, touching each other

A universe of boys whose names began with letters of the alphabet

and a universe of girls who answered to Kara Bibb

were sitting with me and I couldn't sit still

So I stripped myself of the thing that was nearest to me