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IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE


Sarah E. Rose


She wears her robe of chastisement
in the public square
where before the eyes of all the crowd
she is made to stand naked
so all can see her shame and learn a lesson;
Obey, do not go against the “norm”.
With downcast eyes she fights to keep
her head held high / her nostrils flare.
Her will is broken, but not her spirit
She was stripped of her children, her love, and
Her life, then executed on a false charge.

The powerless woman on that day so long ago
left behind some sage advise.
These words were all she had to give,
all she had to leave for those who would follow,
In her wisdom she left this haunting message
so we’d know exactly what to do;
“Be ever vigilant that none may steal
your rights away from you,
for even in towns with no public square
a makeshift one will do.”



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