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My muscles do not pull my bones You do, your fist clenched around my arm Your mouth curved into a grimace I will forever fall asleep to "come here ***** My nerves do not feel my touch All they feel Is the dirt under your fingers While you touch my freckle Ignoring my obvious discomfort And ask me if I have a boyfriend My skin crawls without my approval When you call me a beautiful lady And ask what you can do for me Or whether my boyfriend is willing to share My eyes don't look at faces anymore They stare at the gound Because I am afraid Afraid that you'll walk over and sit down Next to me in a cafe and refuse to leave Afraid that you'll follow me the five blocks Home to my apartment Afraid you'll slide into the seat next to mine on the bus And run your hand up my thigh Like you did to one of my friends. Afraid you'll slip ambien into my drink While I dance at your party. And so I look down and watch and wait and Listen for you in everything I do and I can confidently say My body is not mine anymore.
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Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018 at 2:05 AM UTC
My Body is Not Mine Anymore
My muscles do not pull my bones You do, your fist clenched around my arm Your mouth curved into a grimace I will forever fall asleep to "come here ***** My nerves do not feel my touch All they feel Is the dirt under your fingers While you touch my freckle Ignoring my obvious discomfort And ask me if I have a boyfriend My skin crawls without my approval When you call me a beautiful lady And ask what you can do for me Or whether my boyfriend is willing to share My eyes don't look at faces anymore They stare at the gound Because I am afraid Afraid that you'll walk over and sit down Next to me in a cafe and refuse to leave Afraid that you'll follow me the five blocks Home to my apartment Afraid you'll slide into the seat next to mine on the bus And run your hand up my thigh Like you did to one of my friends. Afraid you'll slip ambien into my drink While I dance at your party. And so I look down and watch and wait and Listen for you in everything I do and I can confidently say My body is not mine anymore.
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charlottehayman
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018 at 2:05 AM UTC
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