A Couple Fights
A couple fights
each tries to shout over the
other to be heard
Voices and tension rise
Boy throws something at girl
it smashes against the wall,
missing by a few feet
Boy is shocked he threw that,
but continues to scream his argument
Girl is aghast, runs when her
senses return
she reaches room, slams door,
locks it to keep violence out
Boy knocks hard on door
feeling embarrassed, he begs
girl for forgiveness
said if he wanted to hit her
with it, he would have
It was just a stupid impulse.
she doesn’t answer
he pounds harder at the door,
frustrated
she screams to go away
he pounds harder
she screams in frightened anger
the interior door succumbs to
the brute strength thrown against it
it flies open
she screams in terror
he sees her fear as he
approaches, tries to calm her with palms raised
she extends her own hand, shouts
not to come nearer
he grabs her wrist, implores her
to stop screaming, to hear him
She struggles. Against his
strength, against the immobility, against the pain of his grip
he grips harder
Why won’t she just listen?
She screams again, hoping for
mercy, praying for rescue
He watches her writhe as his
ears ache from her screams
his throat is sore from trying
to reach her
his anger pushes aside patience
Why won’t she just listen?
her scream is cut off by the
back of his hand
in shock, he releases her
she crumples to the floor,
tasting blood
he scolds himself
he didn’t mean to do that
he only wanted her to listen to
what he had to say
she’s quietly sobbing now
but it doesn’t matter
he’s too embarrassed that he
lost his temper
to exhausted to pursue the fight
anyway
What were they fighting about?
He kneels to comfort her, to
apologize
she slaps his hand away
he stands, rebuffed
resisting the urge to kick her, he
leaves
before doing something he’d really
regret
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