Standing in his house was like watching someone familiar smile at me, but with missing teeth. I wanted to hurt myself again, in order to feel returned to the safety of my own physical body.
“Every Time a Man Yells
I am seven years old again
and he is packing that suitcase
once more.
Picking me up by the neck,
teaching me obedience.
To be soft,
like a belly of a fish
exposed to a knife.”
― Mouthful of Forevers
I am seven years old again
and he is packing that suitcase
once more.
Picking me up by the neck,
teaching me obedience.
To be soft,
like a belly of a fish
exposed to a knife.”
― Mouthful of Forevers
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