Therapist
THERAPIST YOU LOSER
I told her adoptive parents that my specialty was working with just this kind
of child She had been taken from her young mother at 5 had lived in 2 more
foster homes by 7 One of the lucky ones Forever homes are scarce for older
children From 7 to 11 when she arrived on my doorstep she had been running
away in search of her mother She had also run from her mother One night she
even broke into her friend’s house & hid behind the couch It was the night her
mother squashed all of the baby hamsters Our 1st session lasted 10 minutes
She was beautiful & sullen with hatred living in eyes & mouth I have since heard
that whenever she is released from detention she returns to her pimp in the Niagara
Region Her mother a distant memory
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Fall 2013
