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Turning Thirteen
Frontiers, 1998 by Mandell, Arlene L
Turning Thirteen You know all the boys in Junior High 171 can see the bulky pad hooked front and back by treacherous elastic. You're certain blood is soaking your skirt, whisper to your best friend, Do you see anything? Are you sure? For three awkward years you carry brown paper bags that aren't your lunch because virgins, someone said, can't use tampons.
Finally Helene, who's been around, demostrates the technique. You lock the bathroom door and practice.
Twenty years later, striding uptown in elegant pink linen, a woman you don't know taps your shoulder, whispers: There's blood on your skirt.
And all the boy in homeroom are stn.
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