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From Rule of Thumb by Kelley Jean White:

Rule of Thumb

    An Old English law Specified that a man

         couldn't beat his wife with anything wider

         than his thumb
 

He never chose a stick
a fist was enough
never struck me with any thing
though a lot got shattered on the floor
and the kick's
well. I don't even know if he even
had boots on
sneakers probably
or moccasins
slaps, no. I think punches
but I closed my eyes
mostly
and i don't know for sure
if any bones were broken
I intended to go
to emergency but always
thought about the kids
sleeping upstairs
and the police
would come
before the bruises showed
I wear long sleeves
even in the summer
some of them were just where
he gripped me
firm
on the shoulder
or upper arm
and maybe I was clumsy
A I only remember really
one time
when he got me down
on the floor
or maybe a couple times
one curled on my side
once flat on my face
and he was kicking
I always wanted to be sure
I can get to the door
without passing him
that room in the back
a trap
sometimes
the stairs to get by
the porch
the car door
the baseball bat and
hockey stick
just at the threshold


no he never picked them up
and I always threw
the knives out
into the night

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