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Domestic Violence

John D Robinson

As far as I knew he’d never
hit his 1st wife, my mother, before;
with his 2nd wife things were
disturbingly different;
I recall one early evening,
aged 7 or 8, my younger
sister and I were sat in the
lounge, the door closed to
the kitchen and we listened
to loud angry voices,
screaming a hatred at each
other and as it reached a
crescendo, unable to take
anymore, I pushed open
the kitchen door and as
my father moved in to
strike my mother, I ran
and kicked his shin, damn
near breaking my foot
and he looked down at me
and I braced myself for
a punch, but it didn’t
come and he stroked my
head and said, ‘Okay boy,
it’s okay’
and I moved away to
hug my mother,
the safest place
I knew.

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