former model’s poem on sexual abuse going viral after allegations against Harvey Weinstein

Yrsa Daley-Ward, a former model and one of the better of the famous Instagram poets, has been getting good press recently. There’s an interview with her currently up at Elle,  and this week PBS Newshour highlighted her poem “bone” “after revelations that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or abused dozens of women.” It first came out in 2014.

This poem shows what sexual abuse looks like – Elizabeth Flock – PBS Newshour – October 16, 2017

bone
by Yrsa Daley-Ward

From One
who says, “Don’t cry.
You’ll like it after a while.”

and Two who tells you thank-you
after the fact and can’t look at your face.

To Three who pays for your breakfast
and a cab home
and your mother’s rent.

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