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       Still Screaming After All These Years

screaming
screams unheard
louder louder
who listens?

for years

so small
trapped
so loud
so still
who listened?

if they did I never knew

I stayed
what choice?
no escape
no means
tied down
body flat
head strapped
bones mashed
eyes lost
mind vanished
gone away

now

hard bones
muscles good
now and then
I scream again
quietly, now
who hears?
who listens?



by Debbie Sowerby
copyright © 2001.


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