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Foreshadowing
That broken leaf in your mother’s table—
was it really just a karate chop—
careless teenage abandon?
Or that first permission
you gave yourself
to vent your anger
in a physical act?
Hard lesson
that broke your hand
but did not break you.
Taught you, fast learner,
that a woman’s body
is a safer place
to vent.
The prompt today was leaf.
Ouch!
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Grim! And often teens like that take out their anger on animals even before starting on people.
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Frightening.
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A fine example of “show, don’t tell, The shock of those last three lines… I like the shape, too.
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