Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Before the Party
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Friday night
and here I am
caught.
I fought yes I did,
cried till my eyeballs hurt.
Dad said NO. He tossed me down
cellar with the rest of the trash --
he said.
Oh what he said,
“How would he know?
Did it show?”
I fell. I climbed
damn the grime. He took my shoes
so I could not run.
No coat, no shoes, where could I go?
The snow was falling outside.
I could hear the dance music
from the window high and small.
I sat and I listened from the ladders rung.
Mice skittered at the edge of the floor--
one light sickly yellow
the door locked.
I’m scared.
Prompt:Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Painting: Exploring the Basement
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2014
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