I Know a Girl (We All Know a Girl)

By Diana Traykov

I know a girl

My dad once knew

When she was about my age,

No older than 20 –

She died.


Raped and murdered

One evening she was jogging

Running to her death –

She was just a girl.

That’s why my dad can’t sleep till

He knows I’ve returned home safely.


I know a girl 

Who knows a girl

Who knows many girls

(I know them too)

And don’t worry,

None of them died.



They just felt uncomfortable

On the train or bus

Someone kept looking at them

A whole mind-consuming spiral –

Am I imagining it?

Am I egotistical?

Am I overreacting?

An oddly held phone,

Just a coincidence, perhaps.


I know a girl

A girl who was asked to change her clothes

You look like a whore, people would talk. 

A girl who was called a slut

She’s easy.

A girl who was called a virgin

I would love to take away her innocence.


Strong, independent women

GIRLBOSS, BOSS BABE

They’re girls, they’re babes

They’re probably bossy too.


I know a girl.

She knows a girl who knows a girl who knows a girl who knows a girl

…

We all know a girl.

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