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Child of the wire
Bitter,the milk leached from the wizened pap,
trickles between thin, parched lips over toothless gums, into
starving belly there to sour.
Life given, sustained behind
wire, razor sharp barked orders Go there! Come back! No entry!
Give up!
Given to other hands, faces, better fed, stare
into your fragile eyes. No wonder, no perfect joy, just pity.
The child should not pay the parent's price for sin.
Deserving better, different, she gives you up without protest.
Denied, personal history not knowing the circumstance, the
shame, the pride, the sorrow the joy of being what you were
born.
Be strong wire child take your past, your right,
history demands it.
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