"GHOST TALE" —Pawners Paper

Ghost Tale, a poem that criticizes and condems rape in the society and the pain its victims pass through

GHOST TALE

I'm a victim

He told me it was only a candy

 which breathes and nods like a unicorn

With a little white cream inside for whosoever

Is ready to kiss it

I'm a victim

He told its the step to womanhood

A-must passage through the locked doors

And the door will open to many pleasures

Or have I want no pleasure?

I'm a victim

"It's me, my baby girl

Don't cry, it never pains

My girl, just a thrust, only once 

And the pink unicorn toy in the store will be yours

You know daddy never fails his promises"

He trusted, grunted, sweated and came freely

But the toy never came, only pains... Like other nights.

I'm a victim

"Tell mummy not, shhh! Hold close those little lips

They're for my lips, and much more downward.

Shut 'em up, for the bogeyman with a kings is at your door

When the lips try to open to Mommy's ears

Shhh! The bogeyman hears all"

I'm a victim

Clean those tears, they disgust me

I'm your brother, and I know what's best.

Clean yourself up and tell no more and no one

Of the pleasure of tonight

I'm a victim

"Shhh! Draw your shorts down for it's a work of math 

The stick underneath I'll help you beg

Watch as it talks inside my mouth

And as I bounce on it to correct it's shape

For 1+1, the answer you shall never tell.

For what can your aunt not do for you?"

I'm a victim

Chocolate? No? What about strawberry?

Open the door an take it in my room

And speak not to anyone of what amount you see.

I'm your good neighbour, am I not?

Tell not of the tied arms and legs

Of the closed lips, the bruises on your skin

Or the bleeding bottom. Chocolate or Strawberry?

I'm a victim

I was killed before I lived

Buried before I took the breath.

I'm a victim, but tell not of my story

For it's a GHOST-TALE!

Say NO to Rape

 

Written by: Adedeji Raphael

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