She Screamed

She screamed for hours,
Days, months
She screamed for food-
She screamed for sleep-
She screamed when she shit or pissed herself-
Red-faced, fist-clenched screams!
Until her body flushed
Sweat soaked her onesie and what little hair she had,
She screamed.
Until I fantasized about smothering her,
She screamed.
I'd rock her and croon and sing
Soft little songs of fury.
Songs of bashing her head in-
I'd nuzzle her neck and whisper
"I will rag doll you
If you don't stop screaming.
I will swing you by your feet
Into a brick wall."
Idle threats that she did not heed
But it made me feel a little better
Just to voice my fury.
She was certainly voicing hers.