they say "i love you" and then shove a table into my gut,311Please respect copyright.PENANAgE0hN0X2Gl
all in the same breath with no hesitation.311Please respect copyright.PENANAlbPMgQU7lO
they apologize two hours twenty-three minutes later311Please respect copyright.PENANAsi0VygKPOs
but no "sorry" will ever hide the bruising.311Please respect copyright.PENANARWOG0pIa5i
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they repeat the same mantra over and over,311Please respect copyright.PENANAqBoniBQ8S9
sounding like a broken record of "sorry"s and "i love you"s311Please respect copyright.PENANAn76Q1peAPI
but in the end they still withhold dinner,311Please respect copyright.PENANADXlEb2gtzB
dangling it above my head like a cat does to a mouse.311Please respect copyright.PENANA896eFBGENX
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and they wonder, two years later, why i scarf down meals311Please respect copyright.PENANA6yKJtx7iPY
with all the grace of a rabid animal who hasn't seen food in months.311Please respect copyright.PENANAraZ2vTn4Dv
and they wonder why my hands shake and i flinch311Please respect copyright.PENANAZvj5VHu76A
every time they shout, shoulders hunched in like i can fold myself over.311Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8X6ZNCGK4
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bruises litter my skin, part of it from running into walls and desks,311Please respect copyright.PENANAzQEsK9sSQa
but part of it is from running from bitter faces and angry hands.311Please respect copyright.PENANAxqQtjXMKp4
my skin is marked, iron-tipped nails ripping into flesh for relief311Please respect copyright.PENANAagNsJ6mXLU
and blaming the left behind scratches on the dog.311Please respect copyright.PENANAESp7cLWZKO
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they call it "dermatillomania" and "picker's syndrome",311Please respect copyright.PENANATFtTWhsHHh
said it was all mental and to just stop311Please respect copyright.PENANAY1lBVK9ZTI
but it was habits formed out of pent up311Please respect copyright.PENANArSzL8tbWyp
frustration and stress and sheer disbelief at the disregard they had for their own daughter's life.311Please respect copyright.PENANAmH8Ndj917C
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they said it was all in my mind,311Please respect copyright.PENANAIRn1YYHBB8
the anxiety, the stress.311Please respect copyright.PENANAf4ZbfQQD0p
that i had a happy, loving family311Please respect copyright.PENANABp1FXCrJh1
and i was perfectly fine.311Please respect copyright.PENANA7vvnxshooW
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i'm not.311Please respect copyright.PENANAjRwvv32E0Q
i'm drowning in my own blood311Please respect copyright.PENANA77M4h9n3wd
and choking on my tongue311Please respect copyright.PENANA9BjQdu1jIt
when i try to say so.311Please respect copyright.PENANAkVpn5clgZI
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...311Please respect copyright.PENANAwf8cw6cWzu
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(it's all in my mind.311Please respect copyright.PENANAI2BvLjfCAQ
every last drop of anxiety,311Please respect copyright.PENANASu1ilXm7Jn
i have a happy, loving family.311Please respect copyright.PENANApf6U3dCG2a
i'm perfectly fine.)311Please respect copyright.PENANAww1PPslEc0