Passage: "Me, cleaning my mother's blood off the wall, represented the 'tornado' breaking and destroying her face (I liked to call my mother's boyfriend the 'tornado'.) After he would hit, everything would look like it had been caught in a whirlwind--our apartment, our sanity, and my mother's face. I was cleaning up after the tornado hit my house and diminished everything. Washing my mom's blood, which was shed from time to time; a sacrifice to make him happy. He lived for blood-her blood, enjoying every fist that hit her flesh and every scream that took place. While he broke televisions, stereos, VCRs and the dining room table, it didn't compare to the breaking of her mind. My mom was never the same, and neither was I..."
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Poem:
Tornado breaking everything.
Mother's sanity diminished.
Blood shed.
Sacrifice.
Destroying flesh,
enjoying scream,
hit broke, breaking mind.
Him cleaning blood.
I lived happy, never the same.
This is really powerful Tommy. Thanks for including it in your blog.
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