The Abridged Version
s/he wants to get through this
quickly, s/he wants the horror to
be brief, s/he wants it to pass
like a fart in the wind, s/he doesn’t
want to be interrupted now (and
later will never come), s/he wants
the sound bite to be played only
once, s/he wants no visual to
accompany, s/he wants the folks
at work to cease talking about it,
s/he wants the newspapers & online
recordings of these events to be
washed from the record, s/he
wants to stay calm & collected, s/he
wants to be secure for the rest of
her/his life, s/he wants the world
to listen when s/he cries, s/he
wants to want what s/he’s allowed
to be wanting because s/he’s
nothing but the abridged version
of what s/he used to be.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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