When she was awarded
her master's degree
she was offered
no more love
The love she had
been given before
by men
was shabby
and as defiled
as a flasher's favourite outfit
but now she found
even women were confused
by her
saw her
as a someone, no doubt
not a woman, like them
but a being
sure only to leave
filthy wet footprints
in their house
Yes! I gathered testimonies from some previous students who complained about this kind of behavior inside their "families" and "communities", whatever they were.
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