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My Mother’s Voice

Ralph Monday

My mother’s voice spoke in many languages,
crying out to me in my room, heralding me as
a sinner. She listened to the voices in her head.
Said it was god telling her what to do.
You worthless girl, tramp in waiting, stay in
that room and pray. Ask for forgiveness, then
come here to be whipped.
She spoke of demons flaying the skin from my
back, of eternal flames crisping flesh black, peeling
away from bone.
God loves you.
I cowered in fear of this sky being, so powerful, who would
torture me like plucking the wings from flies.
He loves you so much that he gave his only begotten son.
That god flailed, bleeding, his side pierced by the Roman
way, his soft eyes, pearly skin, all a manifestation of
this moment.
He rose from the dead for you, you undeserving slut.
Why did he die? I didn’t ask him to. I do not know him.
You must have a personal relationship, take him into
your heart.
Only rocks have a place there.
You are eternally damned!
I am my mother, myself. The sky has fallen and bit me
like zombies eating flesh, the way to salvation.

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