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Breast Feeding the Serpent

It is a common thing in my open free village a land of unforgettable realities of nobodies in which selected men and women have breasts by which a huge serpent is fed on milk The serpent is fat and silly with milk from men and smooth with milk and cheese from women shining bodies and swollen chicks weigh kilograms as it drives its way to way to reception centers But this serpent is dangerous and heartless it consumes up small men, women and children those without big milky breasts to feed it drained and dry they move on the serpent’s land Yes. I see those with small dry breasts weeping and their offspring on miserable bare feet forced to sit behind empty desks in classrooms with a future that can only be forged and faked And without shame and care the breast-feeders wrap themselves in linen clothing from overseas eat beef from faraway lands and rice with chopsticks to yield rich milk to breast feed the cruel serpent

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