NO FATHER!

Life was uninteresting,
Boring and tiring.
Poverty was smiling at us,
His full grown hands embraced us.
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Father's hoe is blunt,
Mother's tomatoes are rottening.
Brother is jobless,
But am a beautiful young girl.
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My dignity I hold with pride,
Am sixteen approaching seventeen.
The family's dying,
Papa said am the only hope.
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No! Father I can't,
My future would be shattered,
My pride would be stained,
My dignity would be the sun!
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The rich man wants you he said,
Your brideprice is awesome.
The family would be proud of you,
No! Papa I screamed. .

I am Emmanuel
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