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 Apr 2017 Emmie van Duren
oni
maybe we dont believe
we're beautiful
because those who have
told us that
have hurt us
they come
filthy
cursing

a swarm
in a hailing grasp

fear stains
cripples
rapes

we learn
the dormancy
of the ripped
24.01.2016
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Article 7, Crimes against humanity
1. g)
****, ****** slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of ****** violence of comparable gravity.
(www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/ea9aeff7-5752-4f84-be94-0a655eb30e16/0/rome_statute_english.pdf)
a witting clap
echoes

flocks of letters
take flight

words'
remainders
to gather

to lit a fire
within the night

smoke
above the canopies
4.12.2015

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