nursing denial
and spoon feeding de Mississippi
in the darkness of the day

"a broken bone is nothing
when there's a war to be won."
nurse stands over me,
stern,
unbending,
she provides the lies to
fool my inner policeman;
"i fell,
      he didn't push me,
it was an accident,
      it was all my fault."
nurse smiles, approvingly
"what a little soldier;
endurence will win the day."
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wow. domestic abuse?
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very, very good.