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Lisa Neu
Poems
Mar 2015
Silence
Pretend it didn't happen.
Act as if she is crazy
for remembering: for being hurt.
Then act like her hurt
has no basis in reality.
Call her crazy. Emotional.
Dismiss her humanity.
Dismiss her.
Then, treat her with disrespect.
When she objects,
remind her she is
too emotional, crazy,
that her memory is flawed.
She is less.
When you want something,
rescind all this,
remember tenderness and care.
Flip again if anyone notices.
Keep her questioning:
then she will stay silent.
#abuse
#memory
#sanity
#identity
#respect
#questioning
Written by
Lisa Neu
Saint Cloud, MN
(Saint Cloud, MN)
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