Ode To Victor Hugo (10)prostitution Is A New Form Of Slavery Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

Prostitution is Slavery

By Freeyad Ibrahim

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The prostitution's story
is the of society's purchase
of a slave.

A squalid bargain!
Human soul for a hunk of bread!

Who says that slavery has vanished
from the world's society
is lying,
or kidding.
Lo!
Slavery still exists.
It is now applied only to women.
Its name is prostitution.

That is to say:
It preys on grace,
frailty,
beauty,
and motherhood.
In becoming dirt she turns to stone.
The prostitute is a stagnant stone,
Touching her is to feel a chill.
She is the unmoving countenance of the dishonored.
She has lost everything
and has shed her last tears.
She is reduced to Nil

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Freeyad Ibrahim