fate is not in fault and fault is not in fate16 they’re seeds in you to grow in you, your daughters, your daughters-in-law, who grow to become mothers and mothers-in-law, who violate every universal law of humanity against their daughters, their daughters-in-law you can’t demand the man above you to lift his yoke from you while you yoke the woman beneath you it is his eyes of his hand that watch your hand clench a matriarchal fist of misogyny it’s you who teaches the son, you who gave birth to, breastfed and raised his hand that demand the dowry, burns your flesh, acid splashes acid to you and your daughter’s face
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