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My womb a hollow desert, yawning wide Swallowing my dreams of motherhood whole Long yearning nights I lay down and cried Urging my body to fulfil its role. His other wife taunting me, mocking my Emptiness, he just stood deaf . . .

My womb a hollow desert, yawning wide Swallowing my dreams of motherhood whole Long yearning nights I lay down and cried Urging my body to fulfil its role. His other wife taunting me, mocking my Emptiness, he just stood deaf to my pain Stabbing me with each child’s face, at each sigh Torn from my…

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