AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

the Losers

The Losers.

they have been silenced,
you no longer hear
the voices of Iraq’s women;

before the liberators came they were
free to get a good education and
wear modern dresses;

now, after freedom from
tyranny, it’s back to the burka,
headscarf and the veil.

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