Summer 1992
take me to the flimsy frills of yesteryears
where we sat crocheting time and popping gum
neon pink hubba bubba (not our real Baba)
I called it under the sun
You in the sun
the cheap swimming costumes were aqua blue
our static radio of youth
crackled disrupted
when men began to call us
To bed, to bed
(Translation: Baba is Dad in Turkish)
Yaz Nin is a London based poet and playwright. Her poems have been featured in Oxford Poetry, 14, The other side of hope, Passionfruit Review (online) and Propel (online). Her poem "falling out of rituals" was performed at the Arcola Theatre (part of a fundraiser for charity). Her documentary exploring health inequalities will be broadcast later in the year.
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