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Juliana Vargas

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 Recovery


I wonder
Do you enjoy faking your strength
Belting out anthems of female empowerment
In your charming and off key way


Shaking your ass
Doing that little bump and grind you do
When you are mad
Or hurt
To shake off the pain that man has left you in
Again


I think about this
And I wait for your call
Asking for solace


It's Saturday night
You always call
When he comes home drunk
Smelling of strange...
Well
You know


I wash the filth of him from your skin
Wash him out of your hair
Sit on the wet floor
Holding your hand
As your tears rinse you clean


I wrap you up
In my arms
In my bed
Where it is warm and safe


In the morning you use the dawn
As your fresh start
Pack your things and my heart in your overnight bag
Stand at the mirror and paint on the smile
My lips kissed away the night before


There are no anthems to empower me
They don’t make them for my kind
Not even on a subliminal level


So when you go
Close the door behind you


I won't bump and grind
Or paint on smiles
I will put on something sad and slow
Mop up your bathwater
And wait for your next call


 Juliana Vargas