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from Issue Number 8, 2017

09.27.2018 by Melissa Castillo Planas

Today,
I am Christine Blasey Ford
pinned to my back
hand over mouth
sin voz
sin luz
sin esperanza

Today,
I am her
another survivor
sin vergüenza
bc a man pinned me
to my back
covered my mouth
but I still refuse to be silent.

Grito—
I am her
somos igualitas
Grito más
I am her

I have a story.

I yell again
You can’t cover this mouth
la mordida es mas fuerte, ya
These teeth won’t break—
They are the hardest part of my body.


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