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Against the Boy Child

The world today, with her hanging paws The world today, with her worth thaws With her dwarfy arm, injustice the flaws All against the boy child Her mediocre wisdom, her clumsy rotation Her awkward movement, nonsensical revolution Spinning on her axis, around the scorching sun All against the boy child Education for all, equity and equality Journey from the Centre, towards the edge Whose sharper ages, eager for scarcity And to slice the boy child To marry to pay, a calf to replace The woman’s worth, the wrath perpetrators For zero go a boy, in the blemish space And how much is the boy child? Very sharp the graphite, to mark the last For read for note, neglect not boy Against gender bias, tat distinguish wit Against the boy child

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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