Abortion III
2023-05-08

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I'm not good at math, Father. Help me calculate.
How many rainbow trinkets you give me will equate
acknowledgement of the trauma
you pressed into my psyche
and a sincere non-prompted apology?
How many gifts until the pain is reparate?

Will it take long to punch the numbers in?
I'll wait.

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