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12.<br />
It's okay<br />
And<br />
That you have to go to the bathroom anyway<br />
She<br />
The practitioner,<br />
Brushing her teeth,<br />
A Filipina,<br />
A lady of the Philippines,<br />
A Philipino lady,<br />
Your practitioner,<br />
To give you a test,<br />
So you can be examined,<br />
Weighed,<br />
To look at you<br />
Inside<br />
To see<br />
If you can revive your ancestors,<br />
To shame the name<br />
With another<br />
A mare# of sorts,<br />
Will ask you<br />
May be<br />
About your promiscuity,<br />
From the same town<br />
As your parents<br />
And so on.<br />
You<br />
Think of duty<br />
Before<br />
Love.<br />
But it doesn't happen.<br />
Not today, anyway.<br />
Because<br />
When you went to the bathroom<br />
You saw<br />
You started spotting.<br />
(Your underwear is stained,<br />
You realize,<br />
(#)pronounced mah-reh, godmother or auntie type,family friend