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by Kennedy Opalo | |
Published on: Sep 29, 2004 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=4392 | |
At the crack of dawn You are already worn Day in day out You wake up to toil and moil Digging the diamond hard ground Your man is a drunk Everyday he drinks Then comes back home To beat you sick No career for you Education is a luxury Only for the lazy ones-your brothers You have been reduced Reduced to nothing but a breeding machine Now life is but a struggle A struggle to feed and nurture You’re ever increasing brood. As you lament in silence I dare ask, For how long shall it remain like this? « return. |