Beyond The Tethered Roses

Living in an era, where adults believed that children should be seen and not heard. Questions ask, went unanswered, where lies turned secrets, that were never to be told. Father's missing from the family dynamic, so that mothers could feed the little ones with what little the government provided. Schools were institutionalized, where punishments were made barbaric. Using paddles made from wood and plexiglass, that had holes in them that seem to suck the skin inward with each blow. Handles, that were shaped to the punisher's preference.