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Stop the abuse, Start the healing
Poetry of Genevieve C. McCool
Let's pretend there is no monster
in our family
Let's pretend everyone
in our family
is perfect
Let's pretend he/she would never
do that!
but only this!
Let's pretend he/she only did it!
a little bit
Let's pretend
it never happened
Let's pretend everything is okay
Let's pretend so we can live
happily ever after
Let's pretend
it, this and that
rarely happens
Let's pretend
it, this and that
do not exist
never!
Let's pretend, Let's pretend, Let's pretend, Let's pretend
copyright © by Genevieve C. McCool
Vomiting
Vomiting
Vomiting
When does it ever stop
Another form of releasing ...
Those emotions caused by abuse
I hate vomiting for
the gagging
and
retching
reminds me of what
the scumbags
did
to my
seven year old
body and soul
One after another
One after another
One after another
When does their shit
which causes my body and
being to experience
the pain in the now ever
go away?
or does it?
Stop the world
I want to get off.
copyright © by Genevieve C. McCool
Please note that all poetry is Copyright © by Genevieve C. McCool.
Previously published in Diviners: A Journal for Women Writers Autumn 1998
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