So, I did, and instantly he began to lecture me like a father. I wasn’t sure how to take it when he started off with, “I’m a man…” I put my hand up as he took a rag from his apron to wipe his… Continue Reading “JOHN 10 – an Excerpt from The Devil You Know”
Category: addiction, alcoholism, crime, domestic violence, recovery, revengeTags: addiction, alcoholism, domestic abuse, domestic violence, drugs, murder, predator, PTSD, rape, survivor, trauma
Posted on September 26, 2020
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The day I was born my mother sent me naked screaming into the world. Hurling towards a pinpoint of light from between her legs, that I would spend the entirety of my forty-two years chasing and failing to reach. Till one day, over a… Continue Reading “Blood in the sand…”
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I wake up I piss I shower I drink a cup of coffee and light a smoke at the sink. I brush my teeth for at least twenty minutes to get the taste of semen out of my mouth from the night before. Still… Continue Reading “A cup of coffee and a smoke”
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The Devil You know 