Not that it’s still a story.
It’s not.
Nothing to be told
that isn’t old
and yet still told
tenfold.
So, here goes:
Dude became a brute
who immediately embraced abuse.
From their wedding night on,
her life was a sliding scale
of beatings.
His “gentle touch”
resulted in burn marks,
born of boredom.
Tattoos disguised bruises.
Trips and falls
Were her fault
Until she fell off the scale,
in overload.
Three years on the chain,
now ‘broken’
Nothing left to give,
she gave up.
And before you think the mother had it bad,
save for your pity and prayers
for the daughter
she left him
behind.
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