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GETTING THE FINGER

The beating was severe.

She slapped me up and down
through windows and walls
in rhythm and blues... and purples.

She insulted me, abused me
hurled epithets and ironworks.
Whacking, smacking, cracking, packing punches,
blacking me out.

"Forgot my sister's birthday?" she screamed,
"Missed the train?
"Ignored my BOSS?"

She damages my psyche and my spine.
The pain is extreme.
She leaves me feeling VERY vulnerable.
For THIS I left my wife?