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[pantryslut]

and if i had gone home
with the nice man on the corner
who spent fifteen minutes talking
to my fifteen year old self
asking me about my life, my interests, my everything
if i had gone back to his living room
and sat on his couch
and accepted his glass of lemonade
would it have been such a bad bargain?
a listening ear for a groping hand
it's so hard to imagine anything more
anything violent

the time in the basement with another man
was not violent
but he never listened to anything i said
especially not "i don't like this" and "can i please go home now"
he just talked about his model airplanes
even now, i hear him talking about airplanes
instead of talking about what he was doing to me
which wasn't much, don't get me wrong

but back to the man and his lemonade and couch
a little attention for a little attention
even now, it sounds like a pretty good deal

Comments

[tgeller.livejournal.com]

Wow. I thought about it a couple of times today, which I guess means it's a hit.

One thing: "it's hard to imagine anything more \ anything violent". I read it the first time as "it's hard to imagine anything more violent". Which confused me, and I think is the opposite of what you intended.

But do perfect it! It's worth it.