No-Not Tonight
It's like she did the unspeakable and got away with it.
She walked in
took a good look around
waited
for the night to begin.
She had driven
down all the back roads,
blared music as loud as it would go,
smoking one more Marlboro Light -
one right after another.
He was not going to find her.
Not tonight.
He could booze it, lose it, and bruise someone else’s body;
he could stamp the purplish-blue marks – storm clouds
on the insides of someone else’s arms.
He could grab, tighten and hold someone else’s arms
Tonight.
Perhaps, he could just fall down and die somewhere -
She could hope…
Cara had chosen to wear
the pink gingham long-sleeved shirt:
She didn’t want some cowboy
still dusty from the trail
get all sheriff
and want to go kick his ass.
No-Not tonight.
Tonight
She wanted to dance
Until the band played its last song…
She didn’t want some chick
still hot as hell
get all Dixie
and want to go kick his ass.
No-Not tonight.
Tonight
She wanted to dance
‘til the bartender hollered, “Okay Folks, This IS Last Call.”
She didn’t want the man there with his wife
still up from last night’s viagran dose
tell her how his marriage is over -
he and the old lady have an arrangement -
You know?
So not to hurt the kids...
She wanted the night
More than ever
She wanted to slow dance
With a real man
One who
Knows how to let go…
Knows how to let the curve of her lower back
Guide him to that perfect spot
The one who would dance with her all night
Not expecting anything from her
Happy to just enjoy her smile…
She should have figured
Cara should have known
She couldn’t run
She couldn’t hide
There would always be someone
Wanting more of her,
Demanding more of her,
Requiring her to adjust,
To their settings,
To their wants and their demands -
-As was the case that night-
Oftentimes the meanest people
run around with even meaner friends
And just because she was able to run
And believed she could hide -
There he was
His best friend
The one He really, really likes…
Watching her
Watching Cara
Snuggled up so sweetly with some guy
One of those pervs who do not even drink
Dancing one song right after another
Cara -oblivious to the fact that He was on his way
You know?
That’s what best friends are for
Got to always have their bud’s back
Hell, Jake would have called him
If He had seen Lila out dancing in some
Honkytonk bar in the middle of nowhere
Funny how Cara didn’t seem to even
Skip a beat as Jake walked through the door
Somehow she seemed transformed,
Mesmerized by a spirit so strong
So ready…
I told the guy standing beside me,
“Hey. Watch this.
That’s my friend, Jake.
His old lady’s that bitch who’s been dancin’ all night with that
Dude who’s not even drinkin’…
Doubt she’ll be dancing
much after tonight…
See, my buddy Jake and me…
Well, let’s just say,
‘We keep our womenfolk in line.'
I can’t let Lila get to thinkin'
she can just up and go dancin’
whenever she gets a notion.
Jake understands.
That’s why I had to call him.
Now watch this.
Jake is going to walk up to Cara,
and he’s going to gently take her hand
and walk her quietly out the door."
“Man, I don’t think so…
Looks like he’s drinkin’ a shot to me.”
“Yeah, I believe you’re right. Hey, if you don’t mind,
keep a watchin’ while I hit the head. I’ll be right back.”
“Sure man. Sure.”
Just after I shook, tucked and zipped,
I heard the bang!
Never would have thought Cara
was the bitchy type -
Yet, there laying on the middle of the floor
Laid
Jake
Dead!
Cara kept dancing.
Just kept on dancing.
From what I hear,
she’s even opened up her own dance school…
It’s like this bitch
did the unspeakable,
and got away with it…
I’ve already told Lila
she won’t be so lucky
copyright @ Kim Houck 2014
Information found on The Domestic Violence Hotline
Nearly half of all women and men in the United States have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%, respectively).[vii]
Females ages 18 to 24 and 25 to 34 generally experienced the highest rates of intimate partner violence.[viii]
From 1994 to 2010, about 4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence were female.[ix]
Most female victims of intimate partner violence were previously victimized by the same offender, including 77% of females ages 18 to 24, 76% of females ages 25 to 34, and 81% of females ages 35 to 49.[x]
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