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“The nail technician pushes my cuticles back, turns my hand over, stretches the skin on my palm and says: “I see your daughters and their daughters.” That night, in a dream, the first girl emerges from a slit in my stomach. The scar heals into a smile. The man I love pulls the stitches out with his fingernails. We leave black sutures curling on the side of the bath. I wake as the second girl crawls headfirst up my throat. A flower blossoming out of the hole in my face.”

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If you’re under the age of 17 you shouldn’t even read this; and if you do, you should not repost. Just because you were born in 1996 doesn’t mean you’re a 90’s kid. … It’s not like you could remember the original Simpsons - I am sorry but four years of the 90s just wont cut it. You’re a 90s kid if, you remember watching… -Kenan and Kel -Doug -Pinky and the Brain -AAAAAAAH Real Monsters! -Rocko’s Modern Life -Animaniacs -Courage the Cowardly Dog -Hey Arnold -Clarissa Explains it All -The Simpsons -The Fresh Prince of Bel air -Nickelodeon Slime Time -Family Feud You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word PSYCHE! You just cant resist finishing this: “In west Philadelphia born and raised… You remember: -Step by Step -Family Matters -Dinosaurs -Boy Meets World You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. When everything was settled by: -rock paper scissors or -bubble gum bubble gum in a dish When kickball was something you did everyday!! and you played on the monkey bars and knew at least one kid who broke their arm falling off of it… You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time on a tape. You remember when Super Nintendo became popular. You always wanted to send in a tape to Americas Funniest Home Videos … but never taped anything funny. You remember watching: -The Magic School Bus -Wishbone -Reading Rainbow -Ghostwriter on PBS You remember when Yo-Yos were cool. And you played with Gak, Silly Putty and Sticky Tack that you stole from the teachers walls. You remember eating Warheads and Smarties You remember watching: -The 1st Batman -Aladdin -Ninja Turtles -Ghost Busters -X-Men You remember Ring Pops!!! If you remember when every thing was “da BOMB!” You remember boom boxes vs. CD players You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere u went You watched the original cartoons of -Rugrats -Wild Thornberrys -Power Rangers (with the Green ranger) -Rocket Power -Transformers All your school supplies were Lisa Frank or Five Star brand If you collected: -Beanie Babies -Pokemon cards (the oringinal 150) -Coins with the states on them -Carebears -Silver dollars, which were cool to have Everyone watched the WB If you even know what an original Walkman is.. You know the Macarena by heart “Talk to the hand”…enough said. You went to McDonald’s to play in the play place Before the MySpace/Facebook/Twitter frenzy… Before the Internet & text messaging… Before Sidekicks & iPods … Before PlayStation3 or X-BOX 360… Before Spongebob… When light up sneakers were cool and you had spiral spring shoelaces When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs When gas was $1. When we recorded stuff on VCR You had slap bracelets! You actually played outside until it was dark! Way back-before we realized all this would eventually disappear… ONLY REBLOG IF YOU SMILED AT AT LEAST HALF OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES

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