Boys & Dolls

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Australian poet, Child abuse, Dolls, Femininity, Feminization, Formal poetry, Gun Phobia, poem, poetry, Toy guns

Boys & Dolls

Back when girls were girls and boys were boys,
Girls had dolls and boys had guns for toys.
Now the guns are nowhere to be found —
Only dolls are being passed around.

— D.N. O’Brien

{photo D.N. O’Brien}

The Greta Gamble

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Anthropogenic Climate Change scam, Australian poet, Child abuse, Child exploitation, Greta Thunberg, poem, poetry

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞

A miscalculation I’d say.
Exploiting young girls doesn’t pay.
The strain showed in her tortured face.
Poor Greta will weaken their case.

— D.N. O’Brien