In America
aka Land of the Free (Will)
aka Incarceration Nation
3 women are murdered every day
by their Spouse aka Partner
or significant Other.
Is it significant enough to know
that it takes 7 attempts
before a woman actually leaves
an abusive man?
When attempting
to spot a Psychopath,
it is estimated
that 1 in 20 people that cross our path
are just that.
Spots are not the same as Stripes,
prison uniform or hives.
A zebra is black, not white
despite seeming either or-
Predators need prey.
I prayed to escape,
to be Free
and became a prisoner
of debt.
He gave and gave me
his imaginary numbers
his future faking real self-
sabotage.
The total
loss is incalculable
in Time
rounded up to zero
accountability,
divided by One, alone
is still nothing,
which is something
I figured out
the word problems
were rhetorical,
literal, not figurative.
I live with the remainders
eating decimal points...
crunching
numbers
are man-made
the bottom line, I made it equal
to Life.
Image credit Unlisted author(s) c. 120-1929, captioned 'Third (3rd) year students at a girls' school during the 1920's, that was located in the Tonkinese capital city of Hanoi, Nguyễn Dynasty, French Indo-China.' in Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
