Anna Martin: I had my first boyfriend in sixth grade.
I remember he wore skate shoes,
these really puffy skate shoes,
and he had hair that was so long
it was impossible to see his eyes.
We met up at the flagpole after school.
And I distinctly remember he gave me a fist bump,
and then that was it.
We were girlfriend–boyfriend.
By the way, you had to say it like that,
'girlfriend–boyfriend,'
really fast as if it was one word,
because we were now one entity.
We were girlfriend–boyfriend.
But I remember feeling nervous
that we weren't living up to whatever it meant to be girlfriend–boyfriend.
And the pressure got to be too much.
We broke up a few weeks later.
Which, I mean, it was middle school.
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