Enjoy this response to our April prompt, written by Janine.
The Drama Triangle
The clothing of abandonment
has fit me for so long
complimented my fierce survivor
with her tough girl boots
kicking up the mud in indignation
But am I not also some sort of predator?
seeking to rip off
the misogynists’ masks
and toss them in triumph
on the pile
the garbage in your sweet seductions
revealed
And what about my trash?
What’s to be found in there?
Maybe just me
steeping in a victim’s love of victimhood
fulfilled best through repetition
my game is to say You put me there
but I can see now
that I trashed myself
Too late to find another way
but that’s okay
your mask on the pile
me
safe in the recesses
of a metal can
Janine S. Brunell
for Wilbur - 2020
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