Women's Day: Let's Trade

It's time for me to do Marriage trade Is it what some call bride price? Never mind..I am a merchant so i call it trade Barter trade system is my best I give you a living thing for a living thing Slave for a donkey I will respect your business language of 'in laws' Its like mine of the 'by laws' Since your daughter has all the arms to dig Legs to walk, eyes to see and a stomach to puppet Yes I am interested in this commodity So!!! let the trade begin... To be fair I will take your daughter in exchange for six cows If you hate cows I can offer four goats in exchange for each cow I know goats are somehow stubborn like women So we can think of hens Ten hens for each goat WHAT DO YOU THINK? Or since we have the rats and you enjoy these edible rats I can give you 20 rats for each hen and then i take the girl nice idea, don't you think so? Don't fight We are doing trade here You will be a billionaire Think about this I will give you four thousand, eight hundred edible rats For just one girl who has one head and only two hips Its a fair deal old folk Think about a farm of 4,800 edible rats!! You will be voted the next village chief For starting some big project around As your daughter will shake out of her My slave boys Who will run my estate for years see? /*I wrote this poem with an African picture of 1800, If you still do this just know you are mad.. Happy women's day*/

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