this girlshe has coconut husk hair
she'd be pretty if she had a bath
scrubbed clean
she must be 15 or so
she's with some boys
settling a fight
she's biting, holding him
like she knew him like a woman
she's pushed aside
hurled on th ground, slapped
its painful
to watch this kid
forced open into womanhood
you can smell her from the other side of the road
and you know you are living in the third world
because you didn't stop
you didn't shelter her from blows
and you drive away
6 comments:
Brilliant!
jang,
thanks for dropping by.
Nice face up we have here. I like this idea of a picture and poetry
v v beautiful!!
anonymous: roy?
smiley:picture and poetry? mostly words never convey the idea, a picture or 2 help.
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