A woman can die from history,
second and third-hand hurts
from husbands who make a taboo
of the girl in you, who up and love-
leave you as soon as you say “save
me,” of course, a woman can die
before dying, of course, a dead girl
inside me is back at her grand piano,
bruising the white keys black, sorry,
something just caught ahold of me
and it sounded like someo…
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