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Just Turned 16:  The Waif's In The Kitchen With His Girlfriend And He's In Love

And her hair is still wet from the shower
while she does her toenails, and
nail polish is his favorite smell
because of his foot thing. The obsession is his great-grandfather's
fault who was a lemon, and lemons
produce duds, waifs.  Our man in the kitchen is a
waif.  This waif, the son of a dud, spent too many
days in orphanages and daycare centers, cheeks only dry
during story time.  The lady who read
Mr. McMilligan's Mountain
never wore shoes, and she'd wave a foot.