they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,125Please respect copyright.PENANAzHv2YGi7q5
all in the same breath with no hesitation.125Please respect copyright.PENANAktHTXB2Zdn
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later125Please respect copyright.PENANAcjExZApKaP
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.125Please respect copyright.PENANABWYhuSm91Q
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they repeat the same mantra over and over,125Please respect copyright.PENANAvif0QkOAjC
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s125Please respect copyright.PENANA9K0OOxQ25F
but in the end they still withhold dinner,125Please respect copyright.PENANAzUClEIlBRl
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.125Please respect copyright.PENANAbL7Z5kddrN
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and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals125Please respect copyright.PENANARfr2ZDcclu
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.125Please respect copyright.PENANAaP3Xr9oopo
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch125Please respect copyright.PENANANzGSgipe3K
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.125Please respect copyright.PENANAChaQWVYzSO
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bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,125Please respect copyright.PENANAOIWHl2H5D6
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.125Please respect copyright.PENANA1FXW6IxhCs
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief125Please respect copyright.PENANAM5fNcg1JxV
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.125Please respect copyright.PENANA1RC3NuthSq
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they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",125Please respect copyright.PENANAf8aEYJw5aK
said it was all mental and to just stop125Please respect copyright.PENANA9AgvcRx2LI
but it was habits formed out of pent up125Please respect copyright.PENANAS7HJvHgTws
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.125Please respect copyright.PENANALVz1ZfbLm8
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they said it was all in my mind,125Please respect copyright.PENANAhHD92G0tza
the anxiety, the stress.125Please respect copyright.PENANAoihJfHRmFp
that i had a happy, loving family125Please respect copyright.PENANAsSOw4Vnpyn
and i was perfectly fine.125Please respect copyright.PENANAojGF53CbYt
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i'm not.125Please respect copyright.PENANA6lE1tWGQgn
i'm drowning in my own blood125Please respect copyright.PENANA30Pyju2Ek3
and choking on my tongue125Please respect copyright.PENANAC5fE4wctID
when i try to say so.125Please respect copyright.PENANARnLaFP9tjq
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...125Please respect copyright.PENANArqa9PtSOjI
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(it's all in my mind.125Please respect copyright.PENANAsXhVPALa5q
every last drop of anxiety,125Please respect copyright.PENANARdIJcdi6G2
i have a happy, loving family.125Please respect copyright.PENANA8BrNvR6bBd
i'm perfectly fine.)125Please respect copyright.PENANA07529CrbBs