he thinks he was 7 or 8 when he first sees her

helping out at the local hardware store

she was the most beautiful

over the years the goddess had begun to change

to fade

her shoulders slumped

and life began to leave her eyes

there were scratches on her wrists

age 20 his car breaks down outside town and he fell into

conversation with the local mechanic

the hardware store had been sold and the man went to jail

they locked him up

for what he did

what happened to the girl?

oh she went crazy she’s in the State Hospital

He wept for what he had been surrounded by and never

recognised

He wept for the goddess.

Screengrab Magnificent Ray 2000

he had not factored in that Holly was not simply fast or a whore unfortunately she was an incest survivor, taught sex by her brother pimped, pregnant and a vomiting somnambulist.

RICHARD KLUFT MD Incest-related Syndromes of Adult Psychopathology