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                             Gross..

Don't read

Listens,   words, her words

       It is miserable to understand for the sake of ignoring.                 

                                                                                                     To the right

pointed, veins of neck strained, tensed up abruptly without a moment of rest- it is the sound of wind, relief, "I" dropped head of mine. Shakily, fingers straightened but hardly mobile; so, I released it without his permission.

revolted, I fit the shrinking feet of mine in flip flops that smell like the ground in public toilet; but I, quickly learned that

a woman's place is nowhere near where he stands. Though loved and never complained, she turns her back and bent that "used- up" back of hers: scratched up with marks that covered up the aging skin, scars, and... grossed out

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