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I Cry For My Mother

I cry for my mother because that voice, which is like a shear, presses its blade unto her skin— drip — gore oozes from the wound; she doesn’t shed a tear, but i feel it within. that voice, which is like a shark, sinks its teeth around her head— slowly enough to hear the crunch of her skull, But i feel it instead. That voice, which is like a noose, tightens its rope around her throat— not even a whisper gets loose, feeling it too, I’m choked. I cry for my mother because that voice used to belong to her lover but now it cuts her and she suffers, I wish for a father who loves and loves her

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Date: 10/2/2019 4:19:00 PM
Powerful poem, Brooklyn.
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Book: Shattered Sighs