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Fifteen
and the memory
She locked herself
in the bathroom
refusing
to open the door
I was summoned, the authority
exasperated with hands in the air
“talk to her, will you”
“Go away! I want to kill myself.”
I could do nothing
but bare witness
to the moment that later,
we pretended hadn’t occurred
the next day
normalcy returned
and I rubbed my temple
where it had burned.