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the child’s first word came out
a command:
Don’t touch me.
So they didn’t.
But this will not do; she learns, over time:
girls are meant to be looked at,
to be petted and prettied.
Pretty
soon
she only smiles
when she doesn’t mean it.
the child’s first word came out
a command:
Don’t touch me.
So they didn’t.
But this will not do; she learns, over time:
girls are meant to be looked at,
to be petted and prettied.
Pretty
soon
she only smiles
when she doesn’t mean it.
Published 29th May 2014
| Edited 21st Jun 2014
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