Move your lips to pretend you are praying
go to a world where you know
even though you don’t know what you are saying.
Five years old and the things they are displaying
do not speak your language is what they show.
Move your lips to pretend you are praying
Did you hear, her cousin isn’t staying
they buried her down below.
Even though you don’t know what you are saying
the priest told her to be quiet while laying
a man’s touch, what a way to know.
Move your lips to pretend you are praying.
You are a heathen is what they are spraying.
Your Mother’s love is hard to let go.
Even though you don’t know what you are saying
to the nuns and priests, you want to go slaying.
Now he is a pedophile; little joe; or (namoya kiskatin otah
kiyanow).
even though you don’t know what you are saying.
Louise Omeasoo
(translation; we don’t understand (whats going on) here (in
this location) all of us).
1 comment:
I think you have sacrificed some of your flow to serve the form of the a villanelle. Lines like "Five years old and the things they are displaying/ do not speak your language is what they show" seem a tad clunky. Your subject is important and I'm glad you're writing about it.
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