A metaphor
Some stay chastised
Some henpecked
Rain checked
Some battered
Some under dark shades disguised
Some despise
And are despised
And yet even after so much brutality
Mixed words
Fragile tears at innocence
They bear life
Under the weight
Of heavy handed
Leery stares
Full of meat markets
And check out queues
And in between
The prayers
And confession
The pure white essence of 'a fading grey'
Between the mockery and the flattery
The sunday joint and the battery
Amidst the prism of a thousand scrutinsing eyes
After the truth
And the lies
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poem by Yvette Smith
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