Peeling the Onion by Wendy Orr

Author:Wendy Orr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV000000, book
ISBN: 9781743435601
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2006-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Mother's Day. I give Mum Cakes For Every Day of the Year. 'Three hundred and sixty-five of them,' I explain. 'You'll be able to celebrate whatever you want.'

'What's the worst?' asks Jenny.

The pain in my neck. No; the foot's sharper. The ringing in my ears; the dizziness. The shaking, the spilling drinks, slobbering food. The not being able to do anything . . . Hayden not kissing me . . . The way it all doesn't stop. Why doesn't it stop?

'Everything. I'm pissed off, Jen. I've had it.'

For English this week Martin's set me two chapters to study and a poem to write. 'Try writing a poem that expresses how you feel about yourself,' he says. 'Show us the real you.'

The real me? Fifteen weeks ago I might have known who she was—now I'm a mask and don't know whether I'm more scared of looking under it or letting other people know I'm afraid.

But he wants a poem and he wants it deep and meaningful.

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