The first time that you ignored my “no,” I have a distinct memory of my stomach churning and twisting and curling and contourting into a bow. Like the ones you rip off of your presents during Christmas. Except this was not a gift. I should have known by the shape of your pocket-knife fingertips that […]
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Step one, is rudimental Yet fundamental, establish yourself As the authority, an epitome of Power, and wisdom, but proclaim Your approach as egalitarian. Step two, an extension of the first, Enforce upon me weakness, inferiority And fetters, but do it with subtlety, So that when I sob, and you attribute Tears with what you’ve attributed […]
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A Nelson’s Sparrow is a bird without a flight or fight instinct. A predator could be a breath away and a Nelson’s Sparrow wouldn’t fly away, even when it should. This is important to know. Nelson’s Sparrow flies in front of me. Once upon a time a man held me as a broken bird. […]
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Hold me down in water, just six inches is enough to drag me away, and two feet would wash away my car, but you knew that since the moment you pressed your palm against the curve of my neck and pushed down, carefully, with deliberation, and held me with your fingertips, just so afraid of […]
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I. I am a paper doll turned into confetti and ashes. What I’m trying to say is: there are parts of me that have been swept beneath the kitchen stove. II. You have thorns for hands and never learned how to love gently. What I’m trying to say is: I smell of flower petals and […]
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