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Revision of a Rape Survivor


                           FREEDOM  FIGHTER    DANA LYN,       SEVENTEEN,

     in a nutshelL--                             yEt                                 garruloUs:

unconditionAlly    extraordinAry,   and    impossibly   Rare,

                not    Worthless,       not  Lifeless,             despite her Vulgar narritive;

                            L o v e l y ,           s T r o n g ,            b e a u t I f u l.

             never   Empty,        never   Hopeless,                   never   Voiceless

                           Simple,                        Yet        so        very     phenOmenal,

                           So very alive,  so very tenacious, so very incRedible.

 

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upnorthdavid
Dana, this is dynamite! Wow! I love acrostics, but this one, KABOOM!

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