Neville

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Sitting there like that

with knees to chin

and blond hair strewn

still damp,

about her shoulders ..

Just like some

feathered well-worn

shawl and fresh from

her shower,

but still shaking ..

She was such a very

pretty sight regardless

of the bruises ..

Yes those, she tried so

hard to hide

neath well-rehearsed

yet shallow smile

and borrowed bath robe ..

The last time she

wore a matching pair

of cigarette burns,

like those, worn today ..

When asked

how she acquired them ..

Yet once again

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