the women
the women are growing out their hair for you
their nails for you
their legs for you
you like them all long
but they want to
cut
cut
cut
find nail clippings in the sink
to erase every dead part of us they touched
find hair clippings in the sink
to erase every dead part of us they touched
we do not remove our legs for you
we do not remove our legs for you
these living parts remind us
we could have always run
but didn’t.
We do not know why
and most times
the facts don’t make so much a difference
as the stories
and the stories
aren’t so much facts as they are tales
and we
are always so busy chasing our own
only want what looks familiar
only want what hurts familiar
who hurts familiar
trauma
is a breeding ground for
trauma is a breeding ground for
trauma
is a breeding ground
call it generational
call our children second chances
call our homes cleaned
...