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The First Girls

from Emotional Support Animal by Rob Britton

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A true story about some girls.

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The first girl I knew scratched my face from side to side. My parents didn't know what to think but in the end we reached an understanding. She would keep to one side of the room and I would keep to mine. Eventually we made our peace when she was sunbathing one day, and in the end I'd like to think we were alright.

The second girl I would follow anywhere. If you lost me you'd just call her and I'd come running behind. We didn't have much in common, with her love of farming and football, but somehow we worked together, and the creosote smell of her outdoor life was like the sweetest perfume to me.

The next girl could bite if you caught her wrong and her table manners weren't up to much, but she would protect the needy until the end and she would hide in the bath if she heard a firework or a thunderstorm. Endlessly tolerant, she would give her side as a pillow to the lonely unless you made the mistake of inviting her for a swim. She was a land girl to the end.

Walk me through the fields again
Put your head to mine
Stretch out in the sun together
Or just drop me a line

The fourth girl was aloof and distant, and although we had known each other as children it was hard to find common ground. Still, she put up with a lot and would protect me from spiders when I needed it. Her daughter, however, only had eyes for me and would push away any other girl who came close. We would while away our evenings in front of the TV, her fingers on my lips and her eyes locked to mine. At night she would tap at my window when my parents were asleep and breeze in through the moths and the bats in the country air, and then we'd sit on my bed together until the sun came up.

Walk me through the fields again
Put your head to mine
Stretch out in the sun together
Or just drop me a line

The next girl had two odd eyes and would go mad if you suggested a walk or some food. She was afraid of hills and could only find her way home if someone rattled their keys in her face. Sometimes she would sit on my shoulder and bite my head, but her heart was always in the right place and she was always happy to see you when you got in.

The last girl would scratch my face from side to side if she could, although sometimes, when no one else is looking, she'll sit with me and watch the world go by. I mostly keep out of her way, if I'm honest, and anyway, I think she prefers my dad.

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from Emotional Support Animal, released December 31, 2019

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Rob Britton London, UK

Just can't stop making albums, it seems! I am also in Luxembourg, Menaces, Laverne and Keith Top of the Pops and his Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band, so go and look at their pages. They're good!

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