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Part 5 of Free Verse Practice , Part 22 of Poem-A-Day Challenge, Vol.1
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2025-07-12
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Remembers

Summary:

The child within me remembers.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:

The child within me remembers

dancing to the beat

of the belt, or wire, or stick

or whatever would leave a lasting reminder

that it is wrong to be strong-willed

and he did succeed

even though cries subside

even though tears dry

even though flaming red welts fade

the child within me remembers.

Notes:

I don't hate my father. But I am still undoing his damage, to this day.

I appreciate you for reading.