Women's Voices
Certain U.S. politicians,
In particular, one man,
Make me angry, but at least
I don’t live in Afghanistan.
Women there are banned from schooling
And whenever they’re outside,
They must wear a full-length burqa
So their bodies they can hide.
In a new and worse restriction,
They are not allowed to speak,
For their voices heard in public
Would arouse their leader’s pique.
Under Taliban control, all females
Barely have a life,
With their only purpose being
As a mother or a wife.
Our Election Day is coming,
With a woman on the slate,
Yet for even basic freedoms,
Afghan women have to wait.
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