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Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry by Laura Gentile
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“I unbury the past
so that I can name the graves.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: graves, past, poetry, poetry-books, poetry-quotes, trauma-healing, trauma-memory

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“When you put the word "love" in your mouth,
All I feel is rage.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

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“You built a house and filled it with death images”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: death, fear, gaslighting, house, images, manipulation, narcissistic-abuse

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“You taught me everything I wished to forget.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: childhood-trauma, feminism, forget, poetry-quotes, self-love, teaching, unlearning

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“I was born with my fists out
Against you.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

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“I was born into the horror of your words.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: abusive, born, fear, horror, language, narcissistic-violence, poetry, traumatization, words

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“Language is ice that breaks beneath our feet.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: feet, ice, language, narcissistic-abuse, poetry, trauma, violence

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“And I feel your empty hands on me
And I want to set them on fire.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: fire, girlhood, hands, narcissistic-violence, poetry, sexualisation, womanhood

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“when you
incessantly told me
to stop eating,
what image did you have in mind?”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

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“Childhood is a voice that I’m unburying until my vocal
cords hurt.”
― Laura Gentile, Daughterbody I: a self-exorcism through poetry

tags: childhood, healing, poetry-quote, transgenerational-trauma, trauma, voice

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