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After the Wedding

I watched what you did to me

In the hotel’s bathroom mirror

I didn’t want to run even though

I had nowhere left to go

As you delivered a fist

my naked stomach received your fist

I was trapped between the sink

And your hands

one two   three      four              five

Like the amount of rings you wore

I dropped, my face found the counter's edge

On the way down

Your grip found my neck

I couldn't make a sound

White turned grey turned black

The hotel floor was so cold

I woke up

To gift shop flowers.

 

On the ride home

I placed each over a bruise

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Written by
darbi-howe
American
Published
Dec 17, 2012
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first boyfriend.

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