Domestic Violence
to this day
i cannot
step on a box
no matter the size of it
to flatten
to fit
in a trash
bag
to this day
i can still hear
the sound
a sledgehammer makes
against a concrete floor
when it smashes
an aluminum can
over and over and over
again
to flatten
to fit
in a trash
bag
to this day
i die inside
when i hear a chainsaw
crank up
and run …
a body could have ended up
in pieces
that terrible night
to fit
in a trash
bag
even mine
i learned early on
in life
that things that are whole
will lose their shape
in an instant
if smashed and flattened
continuously
to the ground
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