Before girls
are taught
subtraction
and division,
we learn to
reduce and
divide the sisterhood.
Judging each
other on appearance,
what the neighborhood gossip says about the “situation at home,”
how popular one is,
what side of town we come from…
Let’s start
with the women and unlearn
judgments while adding
similarities
relating to our fellow
sisters
thereby
multiplying shared
experiences,
while blurring
in-group and out-group
boundaries.
Then, the girls
will learn
early on before arithmetic lessons begin
how to
increase and exponentially grow
a loving, kind sisterhood.
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