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Survivor Poem: bad energy

bad energy

By: Aaron Asphar, Brighton, UK

tight curl

slit crust

there is space for rape in the

tool box, carpet bag her.


we won’t

kill

so many man blue pills,

your genes showing through.


m daddy

I called him tina.


he said

pray prey


like poem

identify with theme


stuck behind

a door it

will not

open it

will

not shut

fucked up.


mummy lipstick called him

hours of paining

best conserve energy/quit complaining/nothing more natural

says he


sleeping

internally bleeding that was difficult to grasp

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  • http://soulspeakout.org SoulSpeakOutElisha

    Aaron, thank you for sharing your poetry in this space. Your poem is incredibly powerful and succinctly captures the violence.
    You start ‘tight curl/ slit crust/ there is space for rape in the/ tool box, carpet bag her’. Captivating, beautifully written. You are helping others by sharing your story here.

    • http://www.aspharpoetry.blogspot.com/ Aaron Asphar

      Many thanks xxx

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