Life Sentence

Life Sentence

A Poem by Geralyn Miller
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WOTD #41

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    Fearful child, enceinte,

heavy with the fruit of rape,

     condemned---for life.

© 2010 Geralyn Miller


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Geralyn Miller
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I LOVE WORK THAT IS SHORT AND CONCISE

Posted 13 Years Ago
I think you did well conveying the gravity of that pain.

Posted 14 Years Ago
extraordinary pain~ three lines rip open the forever horror~

Posted 14 Years Ago
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. ahhhhh ... excruciating ... we can never know how painful it is for those to whom this happens ... this is powerful beyond measure ...

Posted 14 Years Ago

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 Added on November 2, 2010
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Geralyn Miller
Geralyn Miller

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