He slit her throat because she was a whore,
just like mommy was, so many years before,
and mommy spread her legs 'cause heroin's not cheap,
but when the nightmare's come, it's the thing that lets her sleep.
Then she forgets her stepdad's touch, the way he whispered 'slut',
the way her mother slapped her face and said she made it up.
Her mother knew the mantra, 'Do not tell. Do not tell.'
If you shout at Daddy, he'll grab his belt and give you Hell.
He only wants his daughters safe beneath the veil of purity
because his sister was a whore, left gutted for the world to see,
and the man who did the gutting, he...
because, because...
that's been our history.
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