Alaa El Souri
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Desire Knows No Limits
Desire knows no limits It knows not when to stop Nor can it take a hint For it is an entity within itself. They capitalised on her beauty ‘Enhance it’ they said Because perhaps if her lips were shinier or her skin lost it’s texture, Then she’s ‘pretty’ They capitalised on her beauty…
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My little sister asked
H: Who is in control? M: They tell us ‘it’s the people,’ But surely it cannot be? For the people fight for change, But they cast us out for being ‘crazy.’ That we’re ‘human animals’ They tell us half the tale, And sing us half the song. They say ‘democracy for all,’ leaving out ‘but…
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For Mother has Fallen
Grew your seeds, even when you gave me nothing- You chip away at me, breaking me and remoulding me to call your own. ‘I am the inventor, these materials are mine’ But I am the inventor. For I am in pain- drowning in the sadness of seeing myself ripped up in a million pieces. Humans…
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Untruthful facts
Oh Great Britain- the greatest of them all? Great enough to take our lands, and watch us while we fall? Oh Great Britain- why’ve you betrayed me for? From Palestine to India, colonising many more. The country filled with shiny rocks; let’s begin with the Crown Jewels, Though they were stolen from India, ‘they’re…