Poetry is Cheap Therapy: Death's Dowry

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Death's Dowry

In Haiti death has a dowry so when a twiggy brown girl skipped into the coooking fire her parents set her singed, upon a mat and waited for death to claim a bride. The Missionary hospital had delivered her for twenty-five dollars and a large jar of goat's milk. Now her parents must weigh the bill... Sign in to see full entry.

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