ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)
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~ American feminist living in Sweden ~ SHE/HER
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Old Enough
As you know, I have had this notion that I am very smart; my teacher has repeatedly said this to my grandfather, Paw-Paw, and Pearl our housekeeper, cook, and my wanna-be Aunt for years. I have been told I talk too much and all summer have made it my goal to just shut my trap. I thought I was clever, getting a way with things like sneaking down to the rail road tracks which are super forbidden, studying hobos, or as my best hobo pal Hank says, "train jumpers", however Clara, Pearl's niece and my new best friend and blood sister says, "school smarts and street smarts is different."
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Chapters
Old Enough
Waking up in a whole new world is the kind of dream a lot of kids have; all I can say is be careful what you wish for. I am more than lucky that my first sleepover was in the home of someone who has taken care of me and Paw-Paw since I was so small that she changed my diapers. That's a bit embarrassing now that I think about it. Pearl never talks about my mother and father, she has said on the times I have inquired, "none of my business child." If I was ornery, which I was when younger, on very rare occasions of course, she just turned on cartoons for me and walked away saying, "mmm, mmm, mmm". I love Pearl. As I have said many a time, I wish we were family.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Chapters
Conquering
My heart softened just enough to allow a momentary dash of surrender to embellish me. It came over me like a fleeting amount of delirium where forgiveness seemed plausible, that is, as possible as rewriting history can be. I felt as if all could be erased, null and void.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Poets
Old Enough
To be frank, my circumstances leading to my first sleepover, EVER!, were not great news with Paw-Paw having a procedure in the hospital and all, but like my friend Hobo Hank says, "when the opportunity comes, ya gotta jump." And jumping is what Clara and I did when we heard the news.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Chapters
Forever Loved
Pen a letter of support to 2SLGBTQ+ youth Dear You, I didn't know when I held your tiny body to mine that life would be unfair, unkind, a struggle or cruel. Not for you. Not for you. My world swirled in rainbows from the day you were mine, nothing else mattered other than you being happy.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Pride
Old Enough; Surviving Summer
Clara, being Pearl's niece gets told what to do as I am still a guest in their house, not family. I have always wanted to live with Pearl but now that I am here, I miss Paw-Paw like crazy. Who knew my sleepy eyed, sometimes grumpy ole grandfather would be missed at all? It wasn't until Clara had set up a card table for kids and we all washed up and sat down that I heard why I was at Pearl's in the first place. A kid's mind seems to stay in the present, not wander too far into the future or dwell on the past, at least that's so in my case.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Chapters
