When she was about seven or eight
she was playing in the woods
when she came upon a neighbor's older brother
he had his pants down
and he grabbed her
she wriggled away
but was filled with shame over the event
When she was ten
her mother was recovering from a routine hysterectomy
she had developed a blood clot
so the family arrived at the hospital
but they left her and her twin sister in a waiting room
as they went in and said their goodbyes
When their mother had breathed her last
her father and siblings streamed passed the waiting room
crying and dabbing their eyes
leaving them behind
until they ran to catch up with them
In his grief and misguided attempt to shield them
their father put them on the bus for day camp
she they cried on the way there
and a girl on the bus said,
"I hope they are not going to cry all day."
Once they arrived
she hid in the woods
until it was time to go home
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