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They say she gets to choose to be obedient, or face the consequences.
They say she gets to choose to accept her fault, or be blamed anyway.
She gets to chew on what she’d done. Even if it was done to her. It is still somehow her doing. Her consequence. Her crime. Her punishment.
She cradles what is left of her. Tucks it away. She will not be allowed to be. Or flee. Or seek a help. Or have a voice. Or make a choice. Not really.
It does not matter what she needs. It never did.
Her body just a vehicle for others’ machinations. An incubator for others’ agendas.
The growing despair is meant to put her in her place. Clip her wings. Keep her there.
She never mattered. No matter what words they pretended to say.
She gets to choose what they say she must do. Any other path is deemed a sin. A wrong she does.
She has no right to choose. They choose for her.
And if she dares seek freedom for herself, dares to try and claim back what is left of her body, she’ll be, to them, a killer.
For Linda’s SoCS prompt of chews/choose
Na'ama Yehuda 
Very poignant write
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Thank you! It’s a ‘stream of consciousness’ post, which means it’s not edited or thought through ahead of time, just letting fingers type on keyboard (correcting typos is allowed, but not much more …). I’m glad it ‘spoke’ … Clearly something I have strong views about …
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Yet it’s very coherent and effective
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Thank you!!! It matters! 🙂
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Such a horrid way to live. Nicely done, Missy.
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Yes, horrible way to live, and a way too many live still today, and a way many more have been made to live in the last year … in a supposedly ‘developed’ country. Thank you for the comment, my friend!
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Sadly.
And you know it!
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Yes … and I do. Know it. xoxo
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xoxo
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