1. my parents never laugh
2. or smile
3. except phony smiles for non-family
4. painted-on smiles like dolls
5. I take that back
6. my mother smiles at her siblings, & lies about
7. dr. puppetmaster, he
8. gives orders, waits to be obeyed
9. though I see the signs
10. I don’t know he drugs her for sex
11. I deflect, subvert, defy
12. the minefield I veer through
13. scorched, scarred
14. I earn my dead face
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