Pink

Barbie pink. Plastic pink. Candy-floss pink. Bubble-gum pink.
Tacky-tacky-tacky pink. As-much-pink-as-I-can-have pink.

Frosting pink. Lacy underwear pink. Princess pink. Transvestite pink.
Lipstick pink. Roses-on-your-birthday pink. I’ve-never-outgrown-pink pink.
Baby bottom pink. Cheeky pink. Ass cheek pink.
Onomatopoeic pink. Poetic pink.
I’m-a-romantic-at-heart pink.

Little girl pink. Training-bra pink.
Understated-pink-for-the-working-girl pink.
Old-pensioner-in-a-nursing-home pink.

I’m-a-waitress-at-Dennys-but-really-I’m-an-actress pink. I-wear-power-suits-even-though-the-eighties-are-over pink.
Acrylic legwarmer pink.
Because-the-eighties-are-back-and-so-is-pink pink.

Pink-even-though-one-day-I-will-be old-and-look-silly, wispy-haired-and-frail-and-docile- in-my-bedjacket-that-looks-so-much-like the-blanket-they-put-me-in-as-a-baby pink.

Prep school boy pink. Gay man pink.
Straight-man-who-can-still-carry-off-pink pink.
Uneducated-girls-who-don’t-read-books pink. Uneducated-girls-who-only-read-Harlequin-novels pink. Uneducated-girls-who’ll-never-amount-to-anything pink.
Educated-girls-who-still-like-pink pink.

Big-titted celebrity pink. Nipple pink. Aureola pink.
Monthly-self-exams-in-the-shower pink. Cancerous pink. She-was-so-young-what-a-shame-what-a-waste-of-potential pink. She-was-so-old-so-who-really-cares pink.
I've-only-got-one-breast pink. You’re-only-half-a-woman pink.

Shut-up-and-be-pretty pink.
You-ugly-bitch pink.
She-isn’t-pretty-but-she’s-got-a-great-personality pink.
She’s-fat-but-what-a-pretty-face pink.

Pink-like-the-Virgin-Mary-if-she-weren’t-so-into-baby-blue pink. Diamonds-are-a-girl’s-best-friend pink.
We-live-in-a-material-world-and-I-am-a-material-girl pink.
Took-a-while-to-get-me-here-and-I'm-gonna-take-my-time pink.
Let’s-get-this-party-started pink.

I’m-a-good-person pink. I’m-so-innocent pink.
Look-at-me-I’m-in-pink pink. Don’t take me seriously, I wear pink, pink. Fresh-faced-and-no-make-up pink.
You’re-young-and-the-world’s-at-your-feet pink.
Only-the-good-die-young pink.

I’m-still-a-virgin-pink. I’m-a-born-again-virgin-pink.
You-make-me pink. For-the-very-first-time pink.
You-make-me-feel pink.
Like-a-natural-woman pink.
Let-me-be-your-baby pink. You’ll-always-be-my-baby,baby pink.
It's-not-you-it's-me pink.
Ok-I-just-got-bored-with-you pink.
I’ll-steal-your-boyfriend-and-look-angelic-doing-it pink.

Seduced-and-abandoned pink.
No-one-gives-a-damn-pink.
This-is-not-the-time-pink.
Left-for-dead pink.

I’m-just-going-to-powder-my-nose pink.
I’m-just-going-to-stick-powder-up-my-nose pink.
My-room-was-pink-before-I painted-it-black pink.
It’s-hard-to-be-a-rebel-in-pink-pink.

Nursing-home-pink. Blank-faced-pink. How-did-I-get-here? pink. I-used-to-be-beautiful-and-all-the-boys-liked-me pink. I-wanted-to-be-a-movie-star-and-I-could-have,you-know pink. You-look-so-much-like-my-daughter-she-loved-pink-too pink. Palatial-pink-was-my-favourite-shade-of-nail-polish,
they-don’t-make-it-anymore, it’s-a-shame-and-what-did-you-say-your-name-was-again? pink.

Pink-for-the-romantic-in-me pink.
Pink-for-the-broken-old-souls-who-want-cheering-up pink. It’s-amazing-what-some-flowers-can-do-to-brighten-up-the-room-
don’t-you-think? pink.
Yellowing-dentures-with-pale-pink-gums-smiling-from-the-glass pink. I-still-get-my-nails-done-sometimes pink.

Bathroom-enamel-pink.
Enamel-pink-bathroom-where-I-sometimes-like-to-cry pink.
Cry-baby-pink. Why-are-you-crying-little-girl? pink. The-most-beautiful-girl-in-the-world-pink.
The-sluttiest-girl-in-the-world pink.
If-only-I-were-pretty-pink. I’m-pretty-but-nobody-knows-it pink. I’m-pretty-because-everybody-says-so pink.

This-pattern-of-wallpaper-used-to-be-all-the-rage pink. If-only-we’d-had-time-to-redo-the-bathroom-
before-they-had-to-take-her-away pink.

God-you’ve-got-cheekbones-to-die-for pink.
Anybody-else-would-look-like-a-whore-in-that pink.
Why-do-you-insist-on-looking-so-cheap? pink.
You-fucking-cunt pink.

I-only-buy-pink-toiletpaper pink. I-only-wipe-my-ass-with-pink-toilet-paper pink. My-daughter-only-uses-ecofriendly-toilet-paper-God-knows-why-
I-mean-we’re-all-going-to-die-someday-anyway-even-the-planet-
so-why-not-enjoy-some-colour-until-then? pink.

I'm-leaving-instructions-to-be-buried-in-pink pink.
She-wanted-to-be-buried-in-pink-but-I-just-couldn’t pink. Mrs.Pink-was-buried-in-a-lovely-understated-grey-
and-her-bitch-of-a-daughter-didn’t-even-cry pink.

It’s-a-shame-nobody-wears-pink-anymore pink.