Unseen Hurt

but that's the point

when they hit you

they make sure it's unseen

so their hands are clean

so they can tell themselves

they're not bad people

all church and steeple

and they can smile into their gods' faces

and walk on holy places

and pretend

turning a blind eye

because what you did

or what your friends did

happened in dark allies

or behind oblivious privilege

where you can claim

you did nothing

faux civility that makes

for plausible deniability

of course you can't see

it's natural that you'd miss it

and how can't I blame you

when you're so complicit

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