familial observation

by Amanda N. Butler

The family
that rallied
against my
first molester
is the same
that voted for
the man
who said
he could grab
me by the
pussy.

Amanda N. Butler is the author of two chapbooks, Tableau Vivant (dancing girl press, 2015) and effercrescent, to be published this fall by the same press. Her poetry has also appeared in poems2go, Haikuniverse, NatureWriting and ALTARWORK, among others. She can be found online at arsamandica.wordpress.com.

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