by Odimegwu Onwumere | |
Published on: Jun 17, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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It is inimical, criminal and bestial Especially when a child Is forcefully taken on the road To work as slaves in oddity; Sometimes the oldest is eleven. They are sometimes Isolated from the outside world For a long period of time They are beaten and maimed When they complain or try to escape With burnt backs by their captors While their parents climb mountains In the search of them. It is sometimes the parents’ abetment, They sell a child less the price of an animal; Blaming poverty, but it is their moral ineptitude. Is this not a neo-slavery? What is the meaning of slavery? « return. |