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21 " he uses my bodyto make his dream come true "
― Laura Gentile , you ate popcorn in my house of grief: transgenerational poetry
22 " I was born into the horror of your words. "
― Laura Gentile , Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry
23 " when youincessantly told meto stop eating,what image did you have in mind? "
24 " I held truth against your crocodile tears. "
― Laura Gentile , Daughterbody II: a self-reclamation through poetry
25 " I was born with my fists outAgainst you. "
26 " Childhood is a voice that I’m unburying until my vocal cords hurt. "
27 " No one could decrypt a mother better than her own children, who had shared her body and therefore knew all of her secrets, anxieties, shortcomings, and buttons to push. Estefania feared nothing more than the betrayal of someone she accommodated and gave life to with her scarce resources. "
― Laura Gentile , Within Paravent Walls
28 " You are trying to survive your own death. "
29 " I was taught silence in all the wrong places. "
30 " Stuck in a fetal position I sought out my lovers. "
31 " it’s not a free choice when you depend on it "
32 " How she would push her identity further down into a cacophony of fiend-infested darkness where she couldn't hear her proper voice anymore, just pleasing those who demanded a distorted version of her. "
33 " I unbury the pastso that I can name the graves. "
34 " When you put the word "love" in your mouth,All I feel is rage. "
35 " You took advantage of every second that I did not love myself. "
36 " And I wanted to hold your face in my hands and scream. "
37 " she feels alive when she infects your wounds "
38 " she is so empty insideshe’ll devour you whole "
39 " I forced you out of myselfand never said goodbye "
40 " she talks about her soulbut her eyes are blank "