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2012 translation of What the Hell is She Complaining About - in Slovak: “Na čo sa do pekla sťažuje”
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What the Hell is She
Complaining About

i can’t go around telling people
about what you did to me
you see, nobody wants to hear it
and nobody wants to hear a girl whining
        what the hell’s she complaining about anyway?
but you know, nobody knows
the effects of what you’ve done
nobody knows that I showered for weeks
no, months
to try to feel clean after you did that to me
nobody knows why i have
violent fits of rage
how I’d hit the wall, rip up the plaster

you want to know what i think of men now?
you want to know their place in my life now?
you see, i didn’t know what else to do
so i became the rapist
and now i let men do nice things for me
but i always keep them at a safe distance
i never let them get too close
because i don’t care how nice you are
i’ll always keep you at arm’s length
i learned my lesson

so yeah, you had an effect on me
and i have to bottle it all up
because no one wants to hear the details
i mean, i wasn’t physically injured
what the hell could i be complaining about anyway?

but you know, there are times
when i wish you left a mark,
like a bee sting or something,
so people could see a welt
from what you had done

wait, no, i take that back
i’d wish i was stung by a bee
and i was allergic to bees

because then my blood pressure would drop,
my pulse would get rapid,
i’d fall into anaphylactic shock
my skin would turn white
before I got the the hospital
as they tried to keep me alive

all because of a bee sting

while everyone else is thinking,
a bee sting,
what the hell is she complaining about


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