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Fruit Fly

from Summer Fruits by Stuart Russell

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The artist describes being sexually abused as a teenager... Contains strong language and/or adult themes, listener discretion is advised.

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And now we come to the fruit fly
who worked hard to destroy me,
feeding on me for a year
hoping I would rot –
but I did not.

I was trapped as you infiltrated me,
that fear had a rough texture.
I feel the wall I was smashed against,
the wet wooden beam.
I taste the potion you spiked.

I feel the tape you bound me with
and remember your face,
the house where you lived and
another fly watching.

People don’t enjoy flawed fruit,
it’s easy just to bin it.
But it’s from that bin
that you tossed me in,
that I emerge
to remind you I survived.

You thought I was finished
but my peach flesh runs deep
and at my core is a stubborn pit
that refuses to crumble.

I was 14 and I said no.

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from Summer Fruits, released July 19, 2021
Artist: Stuart Russell
Composer(s): Stuart Russell; Daniel Baker

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Stuart Russell is an award winning poet and audio producer who crafts unique work to ignite the creative mind.

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