Beaten Black And Blue Poem by Kaniamudhu Shanmugam
Beaten Black And Blue
Beaten Black and Blue!
O woman
Having beaten black and blue
How could you laugh and sleep
As nothing of that sort happened
Yet you must smile and smile
And keep doing your household choresuntiringly to keep things going
Yes keeping things going is what is needed in personal and social and political life
Come whatever might
No matter what happens to an individual
O poor my poor you could make no choice in this womanly life
Choosing one's freedom and
Living one's life of one's choice
Is not given to woman who want to cherish the family
And yet be free to fly in space
With their wings stretched
And make greedy exploration
of this cosmos
None will give you the space
In this chauvinistic world
To think and speak this Eternal Truth.
If you voice this Bitter Truth
You will be Beaten Black and Blue.
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5/24/2024 5:44:19 AM # 1.0.0.1119
line 3: i think you 'want' " having been beaten" . " Yes keeping things going is what is needed in personal and social and political life" .... Perhaps k-t-going is " needed" in certain ways at times, but, really, would you promote " keeping things going" at the expense of widespread suffering? this question might never be answered successfully. bri :)