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 A Tall Man  
by Christina Fletcher
 
She couldn't tell us much: the police, swift, ruthless,
tearing up her thesis, her laissez-passer lost,
numbness in her hands; and that suddenly
she thought she was alone
 
until a hard hand slid across her hair.  She said
he was a tall man. Tall, with a slight stoop.
As if to say,  "I am no taller
than the next man..."
 
In the morning a sergeant came to our cell.
She asked him,  "Where are you taking me?"
He replied,  "You're going to the court".
She wept,  "Thanks to God: I'm going to the court."
 
After he took her, I spoke to the old woman
who has the rusty nail.  She whispered,
"My child, no-one goes to court
at this time in the morning."    

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