they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,234Please respect copyright.PENANAsFOyGIA0ks
all in the same breath with no hesitation.234Please respect copyright.PENANAmWdUdlxLQu
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later234Please respect copyright.PENANAplgsibLUKM
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.234Please respect copyright.PENANARFAJjmGyNY
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they repeat the same mantra over and over,234Please respect copyright.PENANA3PQflb7H4z
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s234Please respect copyright.PENANA64U8DFOQHu
but in the end they still withhold dinner,234Please respect copyright.PENANABQJ5ou3LsU
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.234Please respect copyright.PENANAzQjI5Pmabs
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and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals234Please respect copyright.PENANAWHBYmuOfn7
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.234Please respect copyright.PENANA32b6Sc0cMk
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch234Please respect copyright.PENANAZZ5xaqt95Q
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.234Please respect copyright.PENANAUhxuWIaeze
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bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,234Please respect copyright.PENANAh5yIFxsxSN
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.234Please respect copyright.PENANAXE4Nr8eVb8
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief234Please respect copyright.PENANAE8Xs8auqyH
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.234Please respect copyright.PENANA5voOxRaKDz
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they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",234Please respect copyright.PENANA6GsaluNlL4
said it was all mental and to just stop234Please respect copyright.PENANAKyfAcl8T9G
but it was habits formed out of pent up234Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ex9ACgHfs
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.234Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kd2JuJYsu
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they said it was all in my mind,234Please respect copyright.PENANA5mNG1DOymb
the anxiety, the stress.234Please respect copyright.PENANA34DT3pmHXp
that i had a happy, loving family234Please respect copyright.PENANA1zUmvEMpH2
and i was perfectly fine.234Please respect copyright.PENANAs1wLpjiYqR
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i'm not.234Please respect copyright.PENANA2qDU2L6Mid
i'm drowning in my own blood234Please respect copyright.PENANAG2C5GWcWaW
and choking on my tongue234Please respect copyright.PENANAeDDcj9lgDY
when i try to say so.234Please respect copyright.PENANAexCJ4aDnG0
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...234Please respect copyright.PENANACpfLZivAuA
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(it's all in my mind.234Please respect copyright.PENANApNJEltGYDC
every last drop of anxiety,234Please respect copyright.PENANAMWEUFkkhA9
i have a happy, loving family.234Please respect copyright.PENANAtVVmJQTabm
i'm perfectly fine.)234Please respect copyright.PENANAOhoMXVOMz3