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Negatives
With a flash of your sickened mentality
You took photos of my pain
Enjoying the negatives
That memorialize my guilt and shame
And in your selfishness
You thought only of yourself
But what about me??
Have you ever stopped to think?
I have my own negatives
An unconscious imprint
Of my naked vulnerability
You hide your pictures
But there was nowhere for me to run
I had nowhere to hide
You made sure of it
You exposed me
Not only to your camera
To your eyes
But to a life of fear
Of distrust, of anger, of hate!
You took photos of my pain
Enjoying the negatives
That memorialize my guilt and shame
And in your selfishness
You thought only of yourself
But what about me??
Have you ever stopped to think?
I have my own negatives
An unconscious imprint
Of my naked vulnerability
You hide your pictures
But there was nowhere for me to run
I had nowhere to hide
You made sure of it
You exposed me
Not only to your camera
To your eyes
But to a life of fear
Of distrust, of anger, of hate!
Published 13th Sep 2009
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Anonymous
13th Sep 2009 11:15pm
A wonderfully angry indictment on the exploitation of young women for pornography (I presume that is what the poem's about?) I can feel the rage behind each line.
14th Sep 2009 00:41am
Thank you Jack, you presumed correctly. It's great to know the message is there and that the feeling is portrayed in the poem.
