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Poem

Ronelda Kamfer

TERRORIST ATTACK

in a hotel room in Istanbul

a man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet

and rapes me

outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault

the one she can watch 
on CNN

TERRORIST ATTACK

TERRORIST ATTACK

in ’n hotelkamer in Istanbul 
gooi ’n man my op 
die vloer
druk my gesig in die mat

en verkrag my

buite op Taksim 
gaan ’n bom af 
ek bel my ma
en vertel haar net
van die een aanval

die een wat sy op CNN 
kan volg
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TERRORIST ATTACK

in a hotel room in Istanbul

a man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet

and rapes me

outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault

the one she can watch 
on CNN

TERRORIST ATTACK

in a hotel room in Istanbul

a man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet

and rapes me

outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault

the one she can watch 
on CNN
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