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I can finally speak

What has been on my mind 

For almost twenty years

I can finally talk

Of the bullshit

I have encountered

During my youth

I was silenced

Afraid, pushed to the ground

Why did I quit?

Was the question on their minds.

They believed my excuse

I couldn't tell them

That my boss

Was touching me

He touched my

Thighs

Hands

My waist

My ass

he would touch me there

He never said anything

Just touched

And would walked away like it was nothing.

Hole in my stomach

It sank to the bottom

Each time I came in.

I would hold my breath

Each hour of each shift

Waiting for dad.

I should have told him.

I was fifteen.

It was Joe's word against mine.