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My family's all so squalid
I'm trying to put it behind
me - real typical working-class
Scottish: Da beats Ma drinks it off.
I couldn't stomach it, banging
doors, turning ma's music up top
blast. I told ma years ago. She'd
rather I murdered somebody than
that. She wasn't joking either.
Nobody gets hurt, it's not for
the image even I'm just dead
childish. Mascara I like, rouge,
putting it on after powder.
I love wearing lots of layers.
Ma ma always dresses boring,
no frills. See at Christmas I had
on black stockings Santa would kill
for and even Quentin Crisp would
look drab beside my beautiful
feather boa - bright fucking red.
Ma ma didn't touch her turkey.
Finally she said What did I do
I know what they call you, transvite.
You look a bloody mеss you do.
She had a black eye, a navy drеss.
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Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay

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