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Legally Kidnapped
Do you know the difference between
a truth
and
a lie?
If I told you this table was purple,
is that
the truth
or a lie?
Has anyone ever touched you
in a way you didn't like?
Do you think
your parents
try?
The caved in roof on the unused bedroom
doesn't mean they're bad parents
it means they don't have enough many to be good ones!
And if there is exposed electrical wiring
it doesn't mean that your family home was built
piece-by-piece
by your grandfather,
it means that they don't have enough money for food.
For you.
It doesn't matter that you're six months from being
an
adult.
It doesn't matter that you
feed yourself,
you pay your bills
and you work
and you work
and you go to school
and you just come home to try to sleep.
To find some peace.
It doesn't matter that you just worked from six in the morning to close.
And you buy your own clothes
And try to keep clean, your nose
They have to keep you on your toes.
Because a closed case
is money in the bank.
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