I think it might be worse for the guys to speak up because they are suppose to be "the man" and if their lady is abusing them, they might not want to speak up because they are ashamed of their situation.
I know that man gets abuse by women also, it's easier to always blame the man because in our society men are the predator and women are usually the prey.
The author is confusing me , at first i thought it was about an abusive father but as i read it again i'm getting the ideal that it might be about an absent father and the one memory the kid can remember with the father was when they dance together in the kitchen.
This is an ambiguity poem, it can be interpreted in so many way because of the way the author wrote the poem. The author's voice is not direct, he used a lot of play on words that makes you think the dad might be abusing the kid but in the next line use words that portrait the father as a tough but loving guy.
As we all know a belt buckle can be used as a violent object, It's not unusual for a parents to use a belt on his or her children when they misbehavior especially in the past.
You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dir
It seemed that physically the dad looks tough and strong yet he's dancing around the kitchen with his son. The author might be talking about how his father literally beat him or the "beat" of the music they are dancing to.
I'm thinking that now the boy in the poem might be unconscious, he might have passed out and that is peaceful to him which is the end of the hurt and pain. Or it might also be that the father did all this to make him fall asleep and before the end of their dance he has fallen asleep in his father's chest
The audience should really take a moment to think before they speaks because some people can take the physical abuse and not the emotion one, people that are abuse emotionally usually have low self esteem .
The guy might think that he's not hurting her because he's not touching her or leaving physical bruises but words but this women will end up believing all negative things about herself.
The photographer tried to make me care because it show an open mouth with a fist coming out of it to punch a woman. It's shows how verbal abuse is just as bad as physical one because it's deals more with emotions
I predict that this poem s going to be about an abusive parent. The author might have went through a lot and is finally speaking up and doing something about it because she's tired of being the victim.
She's pleading for unconsciousness, usually people want to get out when they are being abuse but not her she want to get out but at that moment all she's pleading for is for her to faint.
This word keep appearing over and over again. Must hold a meaning
Here comes the grief again, and
Never-ending images of unspeakable acts,
That frighten me into crying out for help,
Shaken, heartsick, longing for relief!