FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE

No-one protected you. 

It was in no-one's interests to. 

No-one cried foul. No-one stood up.

No-one stepped in.

& it was no-one interfered with you. 

& it was no-one broke your mind, your eye, your throat,

& it was no-one heard you cry, nor choke.

No-one cleared away the mess.

No-one didn’t dial an ambulance. 

No-one burnt the evidence 

that nothing had occurred.  

No-one from the station told no-one to keep schtum. 

& it was no-one took you to an alleyway.

& it was no-one dumped you in a bin. 

& no, no-one 

saw no-one do nothing that evening, not once

and no,

no-one heard anything 

smelt anything

felt anything 

back then

and no

no

no-one’s said nothing 

to nobody

since. 

And, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

No-one is innocent of this.