Issue 8 - February 2021
Unanswered Questions of the Broken By Madelyn Larkin
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT? YOU! YES YOU! WHY WASN’T I GOOD ENOUGH? WHY DID MY MOM NOT SAY GOODBYE? BEFORE HER 5 YEAR VACATION WHERE SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A NEEDLE INSTEAD OF HER CHILDREN WHY DID YOU THROW ME DOWN THE STAIRS FOR FALLING IN LOVE WITH A GIRL AND LOCK ME IN A CLOSET FORCING ME TO READ BIBLE SCRIPTURES UNTIL YOU CAST THIS SO CALLED DEMON OUT OF ME WHY DID YOU SAY YOU LOVED ME WHEN YOU LEFT ME AND NEVER SPOKE TO ME AGAIN IS THAT WHAT LOVE IS? SAYING ONE THING AND THEN DOING ANOTHER? THE STRONGER I’VE BEEN LOVED THE HARDER I’VE CRASHED TO THE GROUND THESE SCARS WON’T HEAL MY ARMS ARE TIRED AND WORN AND I STILL DON’T EVEN FUCKING FEEL ANYTHING WHY DID YOU LIE ON MY NAME? WHEN I PROTECTED YOUR DEEPEST SECRETS I MADE SURE YOU WERE LOVED BY OTHERS IN THE WAY I SO DEEPLY WISHED TO BE LOVED WHY DID YOU SEXUALIZE ME? WHEN I’M A LITTLE FUCKING GIRL YOU OLD DIRTY ASS MAN THAT WORKS AT THE CORNER MARKET YOU MADE ME AWARE OF MY BODY IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME SICK TO THIS DAY I HATE MY TITS I HATE MY ASS I HATE MY FIGURE I HATE THEM ALL BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL LIKE YOU HAD A RIGHT TO TOUCH THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE. 11
