I have become:

three brief paragraphs

in a local rag;

two statements from McLennan –

Sergeant, that is –

and one feeble byline.

~

          'I have seen it where... (stern officer confides)

          ...a woman has been subjected...  [insert...

                                                                                      appropriate words here] ...which is

          33 years, thereabouts... (that's a fecking

          looooooooong time,

          might I add in an aside).

          It took one more incident... (skim, skim,

          skimskimskim. [Nose

          typewriters page])...

          had gone on since her early teens...

          (Now...  [drumroll, please])      – – /– – /– – / – – /– – /– – /– –      when she...         

          first met...

                                   Take a

                       rasping breath

          before

slow, de-lib-e-rate

white out with mind-tape –

                                                            two words

you know will goosestep):

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