still_hurts
raze
betty
broke
her
foot
.
she
tripped.
my
mother
said
, "
well
,
you're
just
an
accident
waiting
to
happen
lately
."
my
stepfather
,
the
recovered
alcoholic
,
said
, "
you
need
to
stop
drinking
."
this
is
their
family
.
and
they
poke
fun
at
her
pain
.
they
haven't
changed
at
all
.
they're
still
the
same
people
who
laughed
when
my
mountain
bike's
front
tire
struck
a
stone
and
the
seat
sent
me
skidding
across
crushed
stone
,
my
young
body
bloodied
and
half
-broken
by
the
fall
.
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go
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