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It is this, this sitting here in the tub, this being here, this getting wet, and he having done what he did, and the inability to wash him away, his touch, the feel of him, the smell of his being near, and in, and on, and it is this sitting here, and looking at the water, and the wetness of skin, and him, and him, and me, the she, the her, the undone, the one, this is it, wet, and touched, and unable to get the head around him, and he, and it, and ****
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 4:13 AM UTC
VICTIM.
It is this, this sitting here in the tub, this being here, this getting wet, and he having done what he did, and the inability to wash him away, his touch, the feel of him, the smell of his being near, and in, and on, and it is this sitting here, and looking at the water, and the wetness of skin, and him, and him, and me, the she, the her, the undone, the one, this is it, wet, and touched, and unable to get the head around him, and he, and it, and ****
A WOMAN AFTER AN ASSAULT.
TerryCollett
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 4:13 AM UTC
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