Why Do wewe Push
© Jazmin Badilla
I was turning 11.
the siku I needed to be happy, the
start of my 11th birthday.
but that was not the only thing
that it marked. it was also the
day that it had all started. I just
turned 11 and wewe just turned 15.
you knew zaidi and were stronger.
the night came and wewe entered my
room as I lay awake in my kitanda inayofuata
to my 6 mwaka old sister.
she was asleep and not able to witness
the horrible crime wewe did to me.
you poked me to see if I was awake and
I looked up smiling, hoping that wewe got
me something for my birthday.
but it was not. wewe told me to go in your...
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