hit
Q It was such a hit
that song.

Why didn't the runner
make it to
first base?
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.- she would threaten to phone
one of those numbers, you know,
one of those 1-800-iam-hurt lines


they used to hand out little cards
in her school, little cards
with numbers to call


she used to keep a card in her wallet,
in case it ever got r e a l l y bad


and she would think of phoning it
and she would tell herself
"i'll tell someone" and



sometimes she would say it

o u t l o u d, too loud




things would get w o r s e




he would hit her, more
going from hands to belt




she hated the sound of his belt




the f e e l of the b u c k l e




she would kick, and scream, and cry









he'd yell at her, telling her
how ungrateful she was



and he would threaten
to k i l l her
if she ever told



so she n e v e r told



but eventually she grew up, got wiser


she got bigger, got stronger, grew older




and now he knows,
because she knows
he cannot hit her
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