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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2005
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Battle Scars
July 8, 2005 @ 6:40:35 PM
Three girls at a kitchen table
We smell grease bacon
Smiling at Dad and the lens. But then,
Ellen chased Michele
Into a bedroom dresser and
Michele slit open her forehead
Ellen cried
Mom screamed
Dad wiped blood and tears away
Michele became the smartest one
In the family
Small bloody teeth marks
In Ellen's little black blue back
A token of Michele toddler retaliation.
More tears and screams
Bruises on my legs
A peacekeepers payment
For preventing further damage
No tears for the oldest child to shed
Keep them ...