Tag: hypocrisy
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Womb Service
They love youwhen you’re quiet.When you’re curled.When you’re theory.When you’re womb-shaped and wordlessand not asking for breakfast. They love youin bumper sticker font.In ultrasound grayscale.In the sermon, the slogan,the sanctified soundbite. But once you breathe?Once you cry?Once you need shoes,a school, a sandwich,a mother who isn’t working three jobsto prove you deserve to exist? Suddenly,you’re…
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Boots on Other Feet
I recently saw a post on a local community Facebook group. You know the sort of groups; the ones where children are criticised for not playing outside any more, then are further criticised when they exist in public spaces on bikes and whatnot. This time, there was a legitimate gripe. Some children were throwing eggs…