THE HOOVER DAM/NEWLY RE-CONSTRUCTED 2/19/2022
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there was dirt in her mouth
I put it there
to block the words she said
then added water to make the dirt settle in
and make a seal
a dam re-constructed
to prevent her from saying anymore
and might say
battering her with lightning blows
with an unexpected force
I didn't know I had
the expression of it now
lit by a flame a growing ferocity
fueled by the long suppression of it....
sometimes a bully comes to rue the day
and ought to have remained at home
sometimes the weak rally and overrun
I towered over her
my two small arms flexing
the taste of rusty blood in my mouth
where I bit my tongue
am I unable to shake this new relief in me
or I have won at last
or have I
lost something more?
LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS POEM 2:53 PM PST 2/192022
AND ALSO FOR THIS POET MELISSA A. HOWELLS
AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED AND REGISTERED SITE TITLE
MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD
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