A poem from the movie \"Thirteen\"

by Katie   May 8, 2006


He was crippled,
But only his body was cracked,
It\'s not simple,
Nor is it an easy matter to explain,
Let\'s just leave it at that she says,
And opens the holy book of lies she covers her eyes denying to herself what she thought happened.

Thirteen is one of my favorite movies, and that is one of my favorite poems.

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  • 3 years ago

    by Anwita Suryadewara

    What does this poem mean?

    • 1 year ago

      by joelsvids

      in the movie the father is an addict so “body cracked” means that and “let’s just leave it at that she says” the mom tried to explain but had no other explanation so she lies (tracy the one who wrote the poem) witnessed the dad overdosing and either she’s the one who denied herself or it meant that the mom was the one trying to lie about it (i forgot what that meant) but it’s either or

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