"Cool Girls"- by Gauri Sharma

Artwork by Gauri Sharma

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Cool Girls don’t put their hands up when the teacher asks if anyone has tattoos.

Cool girls turn their backs on the only girl who defended her against everyone.

Cool girls date their friends' exes.

Cool girls cheat on their boyfriends

Cool girls take pride in doing dumb cool things

Cool girls lose themselves to the concept of cool.

Cool girls take the good they can control about their lives and ruin that too

Cool girls regret their actions and come creeping back for forgiveness

Cool girls forgive them and let them back in

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