by Dante J., 15 (she/her)
[happened?]
[everything alright?]
[this evening] [my daughter]
[at dinner] [said] [thought she liked—]
[stormed off]
[without words]
[no] [can’t hear us]
[imagine?]
[a lesb—]
[she] [doesn’t] [what] [means.]
[was always]
[raised otherwise]
[perfectly normal child] [or] [we thought]
[never thought]
[would be]
[our daughter.]
[not—
our daughter.]
[other—
daughters.]
[is this—
our daughter?]
[do you]
[could it]
[parents’ fault?] [something] [ did wrong?]
[we don’t understand.]
[did you hear]
[girl at school]
[seen together]
[told us] [“a friend.”]
[doesn’t tell us]
[anymore.]
[but what] [people] [think?]
[my daughter]
[a lesbi—]
[can’t say it.]
[oh] [now you ask] [not sure]
[she’s sleeping]
[her room.]
[it’s 11:09] [not awake]
[don’t think] [can’t hear]
[brother told] [heard]
[crying softly earlier.]
[… imagine?]
[as if she’s the one—]
[her behavior]
[her?]
[unacceptable]
[out of line]
[… but]
[my child]
[… but]
[my child?]
[… but]
[child?]
[what] [to do?]
[any ways to]
[fix]
[this.] [her.]
[thanks again.]
[goodnight.]
Massachusetts
Bridge Ink 