A huge black widow
Climbs up her neck toward her ear
Claw-tipped legs cling
In the family station wagon
By the railroad tracks
They raped her
In the hospital bed
Some doctor listened intently
Then gave it to her in the ass
“Why twice?” she asks. “Why me?”
A second black widow
Drilled into her forearm
With needle and ink
And an indecipherable poem
Confirms her identity
The victim eternal
Her husband trauma too
Sexual abuse
If they don’t have this to talk about,
Then what?
Climbs up her neck toward her ear
Claw-tipped legs cling
In the family station wagon
By the railroad tracks
They raped her
In the hospital bed
Some doctor listened intently
Then gave it to her in the ass
“Why twice?” she asks. “Why me?”
A second black widow
Drilled into her forearm
With needle and ink
And an indecipherable poem
Confirms her identity
The victim eternal
Her husband trauma too
Sexual abuse
If they don’t have this to talk about,
Then what?
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