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abuse comes
in a great many forms
some so subtle
you don't even realize
that you've been abused
until some extended moments
after the actual event
when you really think about
what had happened
and slowly begin to take the
whole incident apart
wretched piece by wretched piece
small as some may believe it was
I still have to confess I felt I was abused
subtly made to feel obligated
even with my bad knee
to lug a woman's groceries up

some very steep steps
when she was far more so
able bodied than me to do so
herself and far more efficiently
on her part it was mere bullishness
and laziness that prodded her to
twist my arm with mismanaged manners
which strained a bad knee I already have
into painful contortions
had she been quite a fragile elderly
lady in real need of genuine aid
I'd have done so gladly and without question
not minding the after affects of my
painful good deed

nor groused if I had received no tip
but she was robust and vigorously
healthy
a mere handful of years older than I
which lead me to feel put upon

and itching to toss the fifty cent tip

she gave me right back at her head
whenever I go to the grocery store there is

nobody to help me take my groceries
in the house so if I were to use a
taxi service I doubt I'd ask the driver
to get out and help me

but do it as I would if I were driving myself
as I hobbled back to the car
with pains shooting quite sharply

through my bad knee
I knew in my heart if our situations
were reversed
I'd have carried all my own groceries
up those stares myself and not
put upon another who's leg had
sustained some obvious physical damage
the chore of lugging my
heavy cart full of groceries
in that instant I avowed to be
a much better and thoughtful

individual
than that particular so called lady
in my own much elder years...........
(Aug 13, 2015 840am)