<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384202" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battered Woman</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not the first time<br>that you land in a hospital<br>Here silently you lie down<br>with the blue marks on your<br>face, your arms and legs.<br>This time you are staying<br>for some more days and weeks<br>You have broken your feet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not the first time<br>That you come here<br>And you call for help<br>from the monster you live with<br>who when drunk, beats you<br>like a horrible beast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You have called for police<br>He has been put in prison<br>for a number of days<br>to pay for the price<br>of your awful bruises</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But after a short while<br>You invite him again<br>to a toast of glasses of wine<br>in your memorial nights<br>only to batter you<br>again and again without limit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But you continue to be with him<br>in spite of the many torments<br>you have received.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Elizabeth+Padillo+Olesen">Elizabeth Padillo Olesen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384202" data-title="The Battered Woman de Elizabeth Padillo Olesen" data-description="It is not the first time that you land in a hospital Here silently you lie down with the blue marks on your face, your arms and legs. This time you are staying for some more days and weeks You have broken your feet. It is not the first time That ..."></div> </div> </div>

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