can he see / what the divine / and its piss poor sewage / has done to you? / turned you / into a beast / a girl / hollowed out / with misery / scooped up with / ice cream spoons / your mother / used / during your / sweet childhood / your insides / rolled into balls / and served / to those with / crosses burned / on their foreheads / can you see his teeth? / it drips with holy water / dust your knees off, girl / i'll make them / and the ground / dear friends / can you / see him / from where / you kneel?
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I, Girl
Poetryi am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, and catholic guilt.
