<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573021" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Something From the Woman I Left Behind</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1978, <br>the seventh anniversary of our marriage<br>we spent the night in a van, <br>on top of Brasstown Bald mountain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He slipped a pistol under the mattress<br>and said we would be safe <br>from robbers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Vandals wear many disguises<br>and the violated learns, eventually, <br>to recognize the mask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">2 a.m., <br>wrapped in my own arms, <br>the scent of his whiskey on my neck, <br>bruises on bare trembling legs; <br>I stood naked before the moon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In cold October air, <br>had to find my way back<br>to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>© Shirley Alexander</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Shirley+Alexander">Shirley Alexander</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=573021" data-title="Something From the Woman I Left Behind de Shirley Alexander" data-description="1978, the seventh anniversary of our marriage we spent the night in a van, on top of Brasstown Bald mountain. He slipped a pistol under the mattress and said we would be safe from robbers. Vandals wear many disguises and the violated learns, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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