D a m a g e d G o o d s

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"Don't you go playing
With that boy," one day
My mumma said, "But
Why?" what happened

To him, to make his heart
Go cold, hard, a shield he
Hoped would help build
An indestructible wall

Hiding it from more angry
Mouths, more fists painting
His skin purple, fading to
Blue, then to a dull hue. He

Sat in the sandpit, tears
Staining his white shirt
Dried blood covering the
Bridge of his nose, down

To a split lip, "He's damaged
Goods," she told me, walking
Away before I could ask more
Inevitable, coming questions.

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