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bodies for breaking
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ummm... not out to cause offence...

i refuse to say
(or even think)
you ruined my life

you
(whoever and wherever you are)
are a powerless coward

you can break my body
but you'll never break me

uterus graffiti
is all you are
and its hard to scrub
those walls clean
(walls not yours to write on)
but believe me
i will

you can break my body
but you'll never break me

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 Reviews of "bodies for breaking"
Reviewed by Keith Rowley
Reviewed on December 4, 2012
A superb distillation of disgust and defiance. Love it!

Reviewed by Axilea MU
Reviewed on June 20, 2008
Incredibly powerful and visual. I love this poem!
I hope to read more very soon.

Axilea

Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot
Reviewed on September 15, 2007
Way to go mate, get right back up again, never let grubbs take U down emotionally for anymore than the necessary grieving time.

Hope all is well,
Hugs
Ch'erie

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on September 11, 2007
She is dwelling on that emotional back alley too much, let the wound close and look if she must, a the scar from time to time to remind her that she's a survivor!
Georg

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
That's sthe spirit, never allow anyone to knock you down. You bounce back kicking, loved this....

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by blue soplain (Reader)
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
i have been exactly t.here. ... with a favourite piece of scarlet ripped from deeper than.. . .. painful but needful write~
ness

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
"uterus graffiti" . . . Gotta love it . . . I like this spit-in-the-face-with-a-big-old-yellow-one poem . . .

Reviewed by Amber Moonstone
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
Very intense, Cedric! One must heal in body first, then the mind needs to be nourished through love for oneself. Never allow another to abuse you, you are worth all the gold in the universe, and no one has the right to tarnish it!
Peace, Love, and Light to you my dear,
Amber "V"

Reviewed by Ted Bossis
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
Powerful & more- love Ted

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
Powerful write against the monsters who prey on those they think helpless...but sometimes...the helpless strike back. Well done J.

Fee

Reviewed on September 10, 2007
There is a strength in here amidst the horror of abuse: to bend, but never break: excellently, painfully expressed. Well done, Cedric.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Missy Cross (Reader)
Reviewed on September 10, 2007
powerful, graphic... perhaps uncomfortable in the way truly effective art is... but offensive? Not to me. Rather, I read it as a cry of triumph, though whose cry exactly, that's a mystery. This could be read many ways, which is, of course, part of your neverending genius.


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