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I never told my mother

Kelley Jean White

but she knew
about the drinking
about the nights men carried me over the threshold,
cleaned me up
and put me
to bed

and she knew about the beatings
and turned her cheek
away from mine

she knew about you
about your betrayal
about my anger
that never ceased

I didn’t want her to forgive you
she did

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