When I was little
My mother told me that a girl’s private parts are called a box of pearls
When I got older and we learned about reproduction
I asked my mother
and she told me the same thing that our teacher Mr. Mahmoud told me
That a man has something called sperm
And that a woman has something called the egg
And when they meet
A baby is created
I asked,
“Mom, how do they meet?”
She took me into her room and said,
“They meet here, at the dresser!”
When I got older and went to high school,
and walked outside by myself
I started hearing people swear:
Pussy
Pussy
So I asked, what did that mean?
They told me that the word for a girl’s private parts is also a swear word!
What! So, it’s not a box of pearls?!
