<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=582720" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What Mother Told Me</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My hands on her bosom <br>And eyes on the virgin statue<br>She made me swear</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will lock my thighs until the price has been paid<br>Once paid for I will open my thighs for my husband<br>And wriggle my waist even when it hurts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will bear children until my husband tires<br>Once born I must never neglect my husband <br>For the children's sake<br>Even when their voices break the still night</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will ensure my husband's food is eternally hot<br>Even when he has sworn enmity with the farm<br>And abhors the smell of a busy kitchen </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will prepare his bath water even if to wash<br>The mingled sweat of another from his body<br>And the spit of a strange woman from his mouth </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will not raise my voice to curse my husband<br>Even when he flogs me with bamboo<br>I must swallow my cry and sing when it hurts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the eve of my daughter's wedlock <br>I will place her hands on my bosom <br>And make her look at the virgin statue<br>And swear to be slave to her husband <br>As your mother's mothers were to theirs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today is the day before I make your descendant swear<br>Today I vomit all the cries I have swallowed<br>Today I stand naked raising my voice of revocation<br>Tomorrow my daughter departs home <br>From the curse of marital slavery</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Olalekan+Joseph+Ajayi">Olalekan Joseph Ajayi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=582720" data-title="What Mother Told Me de Olalekan Joseph Ajayi" data-description="My hands on her bosom And eyes on the virgin statue She made me swear I will lock my thighs until the price has been paid Once paid for I will open my thighs for my husband And wriggle my waist even when it hurts I will bear children until my h..."></div> </div> </div>

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