she had a fist full of pills
and called her grandma
ready to
take herself out ..

parents are
looped up on
work,
arguing,
religion
and
not knowing what they know,
their daughter is terrified in the
bathroom after a bad
fist fight
with the mom ..

she's perched on the
edge
of the end of her life
and
her grandma
tells her 'NO'
as her dad knocks the door down,
smacks the pills from her hand,
and
goes on to beat the entire shit
out of her ..

she's in protective custody for the
rest of the week
and
the saddest reality is that this man
doesn't realize that what she needed was a hug
when the doors came barreling down ..

though,
when she's gone from suicide
or
other,
they may finally
know

what their
religion
was
telling them the whole time ..

humans
learn best from drama,
that's where all the oscars go
and
why

prime
TV is

so
damn
popular ..