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Careful on pics and comments as we don't want to prejudice court cases. Here is a poem instead

Careful on pics and comments as we don't want to prejudice court cases. Here is a poem instead

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Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods 

 TISHANI DOSHI

                  for Monika

Girls are coming out of the woods,

wrapped in cloaks and hoods,

carrying iron bars and candles

and a multitude of scars, collected

on acres of premature grass and city

buses, in temples and bars. Girls

are coming out of the woods

with panties tied around their lips,

making such a noise,…

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