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starts with a single drop and perfect silence
this menstrual cycle that comes with collateral violence
they will laugh and joke about your chastity
then put a bounty on your virginity
make a story out of your name
then set the hounds on your trails
blood will keep on running, until you can't keep on running
until you become the very demon they've been wanting
frightened by your femininity, yet aroused by its delicacy
they'll put a cross to your face, only to laugh at your disgrace
you can't lead, can never be like Christ
yet you will imitate his suffering day and night
they'll question your faith, try to burn you at the stake
when the irony is
the
more
one
bleeds
the
more
one
prays
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Women, puberty and the scathing eyes of a sexist society.