No.32
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What horrors suffered
At the rough hands of rich men
That don’t have a price?
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Benefit your cause
To join in chorus with women
Seeking a payout?
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Public outrage dies
When violations value
Settled in private.
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None swing at gallows
Lessons neither taught nor learned
Wealthy beyond reach.
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So what to teach her,
What words, mother to daughter,
Keep little girls safe?
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If men assault you
Or molest, touch, harass you,
You should name a price?
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Fuck that for a rule:
Who touches wife or daughter
Lamb to my slaughter.
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Pay to remember:
Though she’s young, dumb and pretty
Beware father’s enmity.
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No.32
Erik Kaisson, 2017