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hillary 16'
hilary 16’
All alive because Daddy’s dead,
Virginia Woolf, De Beauvoir and Cixous
lay in unison over my pillow.
Ma's in the living room, hollering at the debt
all alive because Daddy’s dead.
I read three hours a thousand pages.
I exult in pride. I’ll finish my papers.
Ma's in the living room, griping about granny`s bed
all alive because Daddy’s dead.
Ma suddenly exits the living room.
Room, according to her, a mess. Take broom.
Shrieks, curses in sour hokkien, usual threat.
"Ma, just stop. I’m watching Hilary first."
"You also not from America. Hilarious."
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Shaun is a young writer based in Singapore. As the head of his school paper by day and a volunteer for the Sexual Assault Care Center by night, he strongly believes in writing as a way to further gender advocacy. His favourite poets are Plath and Rich.