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no woman's land

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IN THE CRATER

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by UNWILTED

by UNWILTED

(After Sumaya Enyegue)

i am girl and woman at once:
girl when i must be shamed,
woman when i must be silenced

& i have been silenced since i was a child,
my milk teeth ripped out,
shame clotting in the crater born from cruelty—

shame all i could taste for years.