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Bastard

Kelly Darrow

Covered with dark shades
The black eye she carries
In time fades
Her place in life - scary
Why does this happen? makes no since
The bastard’s angry way
Once again the blood soaked rag she stands at the sink to rinse
It’s all her fault, according to her husband Ray
She begins to question it as well
“What did I do?” She asks herself
“What story will I tell?”
“Perhaps a book fell from the shelf.”
Young Mary sees it all
Time and time again
The blood, the tears, then to the floor she sees her mother fall
Her mother controlled and trained
What is she to do?
He has isolated her
No money, no job, no family or friends to run to
But she stays day after miserable day, hiding it from everyone
Police come and go for years
Young Mary’s now grown
With her own fears
She has a man of her own

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