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Sad Life 
At three years old my parents divorced
Father got full custody
Mother, visitation rights
My sister and I were too young 
yet still we understood 

Into our life another came
and she begat a younger one
who stole away the one we loved
and left us all so saddened

at school one day
a woman came
a stranger with a car
we got inside so happily
not knowing what awaited

we arrived at the building
so big, so gray
inside was our father
he told us quite simply, 
you are going away

we arrive at a house
we are brought to the basement
a large room full of toys
next door, a bedroom
you will stay here the adults say
this is heaven

When are we going home we ask
you are not
When are we leaving?
you are not
this is hell

A temper tantrum
the adults don't care
they stick me in a corner and tell me to wait
I wait, until the sun has gone down
you may go to bed now
one of many late nights

I took a thing that wasn't mine
I knew it was wrong but I did it anyway
an alarm is installed
it shrilly screams whenever the door is opened

the circus, hooray
but I do not go
instead I am locked away
with only a pot to pee in
I escape through the window to play in the yard
a permanent mark on my record

Pequa, my love, the only comfort I have
a tiny plush donkey i take everywhere
at school he is found
at home, taken away
i haven't seen him since

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