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soothe me just this once when i called you from the pay phone at the hotel after he hit me i got your answering machine i tried to tell you as quickly as i could a woman came up to me while i was in the lobby asked if i was okay that’s when i realized i was scraped up, bleeding i told her i was fine please just tell me you’re at home screening calls pick up the phone you think i brought this on myself, don’t you please just this once pick up the phone, listen to me soothe me just this once help me Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.