PAY BACK.

By the time the cops came
The game had run its course,
The blood stained mess

Was all too clear,
He lying head beat open,
She by the fridge

Downing a glass of milk
With the white innocence
Of a babe, but gazing

At the gory floor as if
It were some dumb dream
And she the idle dreamer

Sunk up to the bloodied knees
Of someone else’s
Deadly dream of death.

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Zara' N. Oct 7, 2007, 12:54pm UTC

You "do" put it right out there, don't you! Wow!
Z'

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Dena Straughn Oct 7, 2007, 12:58pm UTC

Terry, somehow I don't feel any better -even though I know he got what was coming. I asked for this, but now I must feel a little of how awful revenge must wear on the emotion. Domestic violence never does end well, does it.

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Leah A. Oct 7, 2007, 1:14pm UTC

very graphic

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Heatherrrr Eloise Oct 7, 2007, 3:20pm UTC

what a nightmare!

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Pepsie J. Oct 7, 2007, 5:30pm UTC

Tis a deadly dream replayed in the mind of many a young girl.

Sometimes never to gain fruition.

Sometimes never to be spoken aloud, only in the deepest of sleep.
Thanks Terry

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Heather W. Oct 7, 2007, 5:59pm UTC

Intense

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Corina C. Oct 11, 2007, 5:40am UTC

This one doesn't show the side we get to see very often. It does happen. Pay back is not always intentional in these cases. Sometimes it just happens, by accident, in the course of the violence.

If you get a chance to read this one of mine, you might enjoy it (if I can get the hyperlink right!)...

The Small Girl

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PAY BACK.

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