Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Tiny girl

In the brown Moroccan village the color of sand In layers of dust and despair 
The child stands on a stick of a leg 
Wrapped in white cloth 
She will speak, begging for Dirham 
I see this tiny girl and do nothing 
I want to pay for her good health 
Soon she will be veiled 
Ready for picking 
Never ready for brown babies 
Who will tear her young flesh 
Demanding care she cannot give

~ GC Murray 2000

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