It’s a small room. On the left side of the bed, there is a soft board, where ‘They Said: The Feminists Unite’ is pasted with a caption, ‘Winner of 2018 poetry writing contest, Indore International School’, signed Mishti Ahuja class XI-Humanities.
They Said: The Feminists Unite
They said you are pure,
I asked are you sure?
Because our intentions are grilled,
And then fried on the altar of the devil.
They said you should conform,
I asked what about my body form?
It’s my own,
Not your property to hone.
They said you better be docile,
I said why don’t you let me pile
All the ways I could be eaten alive,
And then spit on the ravine.
They said you are an angel,
I said the angel of death maybe.
For I have seen an angel die,
To appease those she couldn’t satisfy.
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