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Our daughters live in fear.  
Freedoms our mothers earned,  
shredded like flesh  
glancing a coral reef  
in courtrooms,   
boardrooms,  
bedrooms.  

Our bodies  
once revered,  
once worshipped,  
gutted like today’s fresh catch  
on the news,  
social media,  
the Congressional floor. 

Like an earthquake  
on the ocean floor,  
we shake the sediment,  
growing as a wave   
ever higher,  
ever stronger  
until we sweep out the status quo  
and return  
with a force so strong,  
we shape a new landscape,  
ripe for rebirth  
and a new generation.

Kim Kile

Created Equal