a girl of seven or eight
no parental guidance
to guide her way

lonely and bored
she snoops through
her mother's clothes

"I'll wear this to the corner store!" she giggled

putting on some heels that did not match
a little too long and a little too wide
when curling of the toes
barely kept them on

it was a short walk
to the corner store

feeling like a grown women
buying a single piece of grape bubble gum

I'm sure the store clerk was
wondering where my
parents were