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March 13th 78
She is pu.tting on lipst:lck. Runs it
round her mouth < like a finger. The
trdrror is a stranger. . Who will rape
her. She crosses bes: legs. She has
no clot:hes on. A fa.ce aching wit:h
lllakeup and her flesh is naked.
She can hear music playing like rain
in her head. It: is cold •. She begins
to draw the shapes of snakes on ber
legs.
--Da\'e Ward
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