Here I am <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have nothing to hide <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is my scar <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although by no means was it as serious as Frida’s horrible injury<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were some odd similarities <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My umbrella was partially the cause of my silly accident <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indirectly an umbrella caused Frida’s misfortune <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was returning from school in September 1925<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she alighted from her original streetcar <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To look for an umbrella that she had misplaced <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second streetcar was involved in a fatal collision <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And Frida received injuries that totally changed her life <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happened to you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was in my normal Dolly Daydream mood and ended up running for a train <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it had been raining I was carrying a wooden umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not the trolley that injured me but my silly umbrella <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes I tripped over the luggage trolley but I splintered my umbrella as I fell <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the shaft ripped into my inner thigh <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was so very lucky as it was only inches from a much more serious injury <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I lay on the railway platform I felt so foolish and began to cry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is all that I really remember until I was informed about my injury in hospital <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was whilst I was there that I first heard of Frida Kahlo <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nurse Drake had studied Art History and gave me a glossy book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you still have the book <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes it is on the a shelf in my study <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the scar healed I become very self conscious <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I no longer swam with friends and wore longer shorts on the beach <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are the first person who has really studied my scar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not think that your scar is unsightly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is what it is and your pubic hair does cover part of it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is so very sweet of you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still feel that people look at my injury <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look at my knees I have numerous scars <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Football <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do I care <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not all all <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Souvenirs of Battle <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truthfully do you really care <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suppose not <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except on my silly days <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you realise that I soon became obsessed with the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am still deeply in love with her <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are numerous posters in my flat <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also own a couple of Frida tee shirts and other idiocies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not the knickers just tell me not the knickers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel so foolish when changing on the beach <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does anybody care <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are yours <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My gift to you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will feel so foolish when changing on the beach <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then keep them under your pillow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or about your person <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All I humbly ask <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is that you think about me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you touch them in the future <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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