8.
coming to sit on the bus bench with her
looking in her face tears & stretched mouth
but i don t feel her
don t hurt me please don t hurt me
are you remembering something?
who hurt you did somebody hurt you?
don t hurt me please don t hurt me
three police cars, one on the sidewalk
surrounded big males
he grabs her arm & shouts
don t yell at her please don
t yell at her
i have my arm around her
it s stupid of him to have grabbed her arm
don t hurt me puts her head
on my knee i
think to stroke her hair
it s a light perfumey & cigarette smell
why are they speaking to her in language she won t understand
two go off disgusted
you re not helping me do my job
i just want to go home
i ve got two kids don t hurt me
is she saying what she didn t say to the man who stopped in the alley
what she did say likely
will you come with me?
yes i will if you want
can i go with her?
yes if you like
will you bring me back to this neighbourhood after? i don t have any
money on me
sure we can do that
holding her in the back seat of the cruiser
looking at the mounted typewriter and it s small console with 5 lines of
writing lit up in red
she s weeping & i feel the pressure to
he was a white man
a white man
he was old
he was old. was he older than your father?
nod
older than your father. was he as old as your grandfather?
shake
not as old as your grandfather. was he fat?
nod
he was fat. did he try to rape you?
yes
did he rape you
he tried to
he pushed me out of the car
did he grab your breasts
YES! he grabbed them he hurt
me
when's your birthday
the tenth of february nineteen sixty
the little met her at the door
pajama top pale skin
toddling over begins to smile
is this your old man? you better have a look
they turn on the light
two men looming into the room where people are sleeping
a baby cries
the woman is still weeping
waiting at the top of the stairs
hello little touch his tummy
he sits beautifully down
be careful on the steps they re icy
coming down on white frost blue light
how do you like police work?
i guess i ll put it down as indecent assault
tomorrow she won t remember a thing i bet you anything
opening the back door of the cruiser, the one in the passenger seat opens
his, will you be alright?
clumping lightly long black skirt yellow
raincoat rubber boots
naturally! springing
thru the narrow corridor between the building & the fence
you had your warm jacket on underneath, i thought you d gone out in just
the raincoat
i thought i d put this on over in case she was dirty
so you were really organized & i thought you were really disorganized
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