My mother does not write in her diary,
too afraid someone will read it. Instead,
she writes on scrap paper, rips it up
into a thousand pieces, throws it away.
Once
my husband slammed
a thousand pieces
the screen door
the house thousand shook
pieces fell off I shook—my children
are the only pieces things
keeping from killing falling
a thousand into
pieces my daughter is
stubborn like
the dishes
I can’t
broke
the thousand
pieces
leave.
2015
Shorty
Contemporary
2023
Family
Love & Relationships
Caesura
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Extended Metaphor
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