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 </div><p></p>She grips with broken lips<br>
In the full glare of blackened eyes<br>
Clumsy gait of sheltered pain<br>
Celebrated as amazing grace<br>
She is Oya deep beneath<br>
For the sake of little ones bears<br>
Furtive glances of kinsmen<br>
Whispered songs of hateful friends<br>
Scuttlebut sold cheaply in the market square<br>
Down the connubial vale he shepherds her<br>
Where villainous whips<br>
Curl like mascara starched lashes<br>
Foundation deep in age-long tales<br>
Of heroines like thralls enrobed<br>
Honoring streams that flow in the dark<br>
Tears drunk in a goblet of gavage<br>
For a prize precious as dust<br>
Oya took it all in stride<br>
Not anymore!<br>
She grips, today, with the shield of her mind<br>
Deep as the ditch<br>
Waiting for that goon who dare.
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