They Dont Make Us Like Them Anymore Poem by Adenike Ilupeju

They don't make us like them anymore
Who know their "place"
And never overstep
They don't make us like them anymore
Who beg for what's rightfully theirs
And glory in a martyr's death
They don't make us like them anymore
Who stay against all odds
To cover a shame not theirs

They don't make us like them anymore
We who dare to choose ourselves
We who dare to eat yet not cook
We who dare to have the lion's share
Because we buy the orgasms we get