Karl listened in his usual quiet way as the circle went around, once more swapping stories. This was another day for sad ones. The types of violence that was most often had on certain bodies and what one did once it was done. When it came to Karl, he hesitated a moment. There was surely so much he wanted to say. “It’s all so difficult,” he finally said. He sounded proud of managing even this much. But the group simply continued to stare at him. One of the women finally cleared her throat. “Excuse me,” she said, “but you’ll never understand what we go through. It’s you men that did all of this
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