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Fall/Fall Back
(I believe you)
His eyes locked on mine
And
I had a bad feeling that I brushed aside.
But I knew I was right once he opened his mouth.
My voice quaked as he talked about
My hips/my lips/my thighs/my size/
I fall/I fall back/I fall/I fall back/
Hellos and whispered words,
That’s the poison infiltrating.
It drips, like lava from a volcano.
And maybe I am a volcano now,
Just waiting to erupt.
But not today.
My brain froze.
And so I sat in the car for one hour and thirty-eight minutes.
I fall/I fall back/I fall/I fall back
And I did not scream.
I did not even scream when he touched me.
Or when he kissed me.
Or when he took a picture of me without consent.
Scared/terrified/pleasepleaseletmeoutofthiscarplease/
I fall/I fall back/I fall/I fall back.
The words stayed at the bottom of my throat.
Like glue.
And I couldn’t get them out.
But I got out.
I got out.
