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Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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228<br />

o<br />

1980s<br />

In the camp I live under plastic<br />

between lines of trauma<br />

my lungs fill with mud<br />

grief corrodes my heart<br />

He stalks me<br />

hunts me like an animal<br />

takes me in a place<br />

where only the birds can hear me scream<br />

Day after day the birds wait<br />

and listen for my cries<br />

1990s<br />

These are days of hope and despair<br />

I am filling my mouth with new words<br />

Words<br />

like “visa”<br />

like “protection”<br />

like “temporary”<br />

Words shaped to fill other mouths<br />

o<br />

We women,<br />

our lives are like vines threading<br />

The eye of a needle takes more than a camel

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