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Needle-sharp stares From two eyes Land on the lumps of flesh And roam freely about. Liar stares That do not dare Look into my eyes, but crawl Like larvae on my body. Eyes rich and poor Young and old Stare at women alike. Signaling the hunger of a drooling dog The ugly grab of wolf. They haunt my dreams. In the dense jungle I cannot tell Light from darkness. Theres no escape From these stares. On the road, in the bus, In the classroom They chase my step Snapping here and there. These poison fangs Knife me. I feel scared I wish I could fly Or vanish into the void. But the earth is mine too Ive taught my eyes To stare back, Equally sharp. Stares for stares, That is how I wage my war now. Those cowardly stares That cannot look me in the eye Flee to the underworld. How I long for the day when Not only eyes, but The whole body of a woman Bristles. (translated from telungu by B.V.L.Narayana a poem by A.Jayaprabha - a feminist poet)
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:44:07 +0000

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