Limerick: Once a Woman-Cleanser In Malawi

Limerick: Once a Woman-Cleanser in Malawi for Seodi White Once (a) Widow-Cleanser* in Malawi Insisted (on) being paid double fee The dead man made certain Left gift (on) this side (of) curtain Now Cleanser on (the) dole with H.I.V. • The “Widow-Cleanser” is a Malawian professional “intermediate husband” of widows imposed on women who cannot – under the laws of Malawi - own anything legally, EVEN their bodies. The Woman-Cleanser sleeps with widows for a fee ($50/-) in order to prevent widows and future husbands – from being polluted by the dead husband. This limerick dramatises facts divulged in a CNN interview with valorous women-rights lawyer: Seodi WHITE on March 17, 2013. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013