Things I've Lost::WIP

Countless bobby pins, pens, earring backs and my keys 

socks, shoes, hours, hair bands, brushes and clips.

CDs, DVDs, cassettes, friendships, self-esteem,

games, matches, tournaments, and arguments.

money, homework assignments, memories and sticks of gum.

Roller skates, faith, five pages of an essay I wrote but forgot to save

my patience, permission slips, worksheets, receipts

poems written on napkins, scrap paper and playbills.

tubes of chapstick, lipstick, lip gloss, fake eyelashes

pencil erasers, notebooks, notepads and address books

stuffed animals, Barbie clothes, hot wheels, innocence,

t-shirts, sweatshirts, my mom at the grocery store

my virginity on the floor of a dorm room

remote controls, control, rolls of quarters

myself.

you.