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Nov 2019
Young and in love,               
she was everything I               
wanted and more. We               
even had matching tattoos               
to prove it.                 
                
Her parents               
thought our love written               
in permanent ink                 
was a serious issue, but                 
little did I know this               
ink would turn into nothing more         than scar tissue. Seeing                 
a wild night turn bad, we               
wish she would have turned               
away and ran.                 
                
But this is where it all began.                 
                
Engaged on a Friday night,   
her friends wanted to
do something special for her bachelorette   
party.         
        
They leave for Italy, and     
I'm overwhelmed with fear,               
but her best friend puts me at ease,       for I know her intentions are                 
innocent and sincere.                 
                
At a bar, everybody is soaking               
in the joy, laughing, and having            a good time.                 
                
But when sweaty Latino dudes climb   into the picture, everyone                 
starts to separate. She's got a bad           feeling about this.                 
                
The dude next to her               
is getting a little touchy               
feely, and she can sense               
trouble, on account he will not               
get out of her personal bubble.                   
He offers her drinks, and               
she thinks...               
                
"Why not? It's harmless, right?"               
                
Little does she know that the               
dude buying her this drink is               
totally insane, and when               
she passes out, he's going to               
take her home               
and run a train.                 
                
8 Latinos, 4 blacks,               
and two whites each               
have their five minutes.                 
                
Naked and battered,                 
she now lies                 
helplessly shattered.                 
                
She may have survived,               
but during that night                 
a piece of her had died.                                
Not wanting to be touched,  and not wanting to be seen, she can't stand the sight of her being a recluse. 
             
So she takes a bottle of pills               
and is found hanging from             
a noose.
Written by
Jeffrey Robinson
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