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.




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