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