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Do You Care?

October 19, 2011
By geeky_prom_queen BRONZE, Beloit, Wisconsin
geeky_prom_queen BRONZE, Beloit, Wisconsin
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"You only fail if you quit trying." by Unknown


Do you care about that girl?
That girl that lies there
covered in bruises?
I saw you hit her.
It’s not funny.
That’s your daughter.
Don’t you care?
She came to my house
yesterday crying.
Your daughter’s pregnant
with your son.
Do you care?
That she’s covered in bruises?
I saw the scars on her back,
did you cause them?
She won’t tell me
do you care
that she sits
in her closet
crying?
No, you don’t care.
I heard you laughing
about those bruises,
you don’t love
her at all, and your son?
You’ll end up killing him.
I heard the stories,
yes, all of them.
She told me about her back.
Yes, I know how they got there,
that knife in your pocket,
you should be ashamed.
No, you don’t care.
That’s why I laugh
as you get taken away
in hard metal handcuffs.
She's safe now but you still
don't care.
Do you?


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on Jan. 20 2012 at 8:52 am
bass_rockrgrl13 PLATINUM, Burlington, Massachusetts
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A very powerful poem, but it seems to be lacking something... Maybe try adding a little more about how the daughter feels using metaphors?

.king. SILVER said...
on Jan. 20 2012 at 8:51 am
.king. SILVER, Yeux Bien Tres Bien, Other
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The questions make a nice storie, but compared to the rest of the poetry on this site, sorry this looks like a strange subject !