The Exact Moment I Became A Poet For Kay Foran

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said Attend to your books, girls, or mark my words, you’ll end up in the sewing factory.

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It wasn’t just that some of the girls’ mothers worked in the sewing factory or even that my own aunt did,

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those words ‘end up’ robbed the labour of its dignity.

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Not that I knew it then,

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allowing also the teacher was right

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Mothers, aunts and neighbours trussed like chickens on a conveyer belt.

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Getting sewn up

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Words could pluck you, leave you naked, your lovely shiny feathers all gone.