Strands of her

Baby pink. Barbie pink. Princess pink. Lipstick pink. I’ve-never-outgrown-pink pink. Pink-cheeks-and-a-baby’s-raw-ass-pink. Onomatopoeic pink. Poetic pink. Strands-of-candy-floss pink. Strands-of-bubble-gum pink. Stacks-of-post-it-notes pink. As-much-pink-as-I-can-get pink. Roses-on-your-birthday pink. You’ll-always-be-my-baby,-baby pink. It’s-not-you-it’s-me 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. I’m-the-girl-next-door pink. I’m-young-and-the-world’s-at-my-feet pink. I’m-still-a-virgin pink. I’m-a-born-again-virgin-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. I’ll-steal-your-boyfriend-and-look-angelic-doing-it pink. I’m-a-waitress-at-Dennys-but-really-I’m-an-actress pink. Big-titted-celebrity pink. Tits-and-ass pink. Cancerous-tits-and-a-flabby-ass pink. She-was-so-young-what-a-shame-what-a-waste-of-potential pink. She-was-so-old-so-who-cares pink. She-kind-of-looked-like-a-transvestite-anyway pink. Monthly-self-exams-in-the-shower pink. There-used-to-be-a-tit-here pink. You’re-only-half-a-woman pink. You-ugly-bitch pink. Shut-up-and-be-pretty pink. She-isn’t-pretty-but-she’s-got-a-great-personality pink. She’s-fat-but-what-a-pretty-face pink. Blank-faced pink. I-wear-power-suits-even-though-the-eighties-are-over pink. Because-the-eighties-are-back-and-so-am-I pink. Understated-pink-for-the-working-girl pink. We’ll-all-wear-dentures-one-day-anyway pink. Oh-God-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-too pink. You-look-so-much-like-my-daughter-but-she-hates-pink pink. I-still-get-my-nails-done-sometimes pink. Palatial-pink-was-my-favourite-shade-it’s-a-shame-they-don’t-make-it-anymore-and-what-did-you-say-your-name-was-again? pink. Pink-for-the-romantic-in me. Pink-for-the-wilted-rose-in me. It’s-amazing-what-some-flowers-can-do-to-brighten-up-the-room pink. Oh-my-but-I’m-tearing-up pink. Why-are-you-crying-little-girl? pink. I-was-the-prettiest-girl-in-the-world pink. If-only-I’d-been-pretty pink. I was-pretty-but-nobody-knew-it pink. I was-pretty-because-everybody-said-so pink. This-pattern-of-wallpaper-used-to-be-all-the-rage pink. We’d-just-finished-redoing-the-bathroom-the-day-they-took-her-away pink. I-only-buy-pink-toiletpaper pink. I-only-wipe-my-ass-with-pink-toilet-paper pink. My-daughter-only-uses-brown-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-want-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. And-me?-Me-I-walked-home-from-the-funeral-and-looked-at-the-people-on-the-street-and-marvelled-at-the-sunset-streaking-the-sky-in-striated-ribbons-of… pink pink.