Bring Back Our Girls!
From the droned villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan--
Bring back our girls!
From Nigeria, and the brothels of the Philippines--
Bring back our girls!
From the ruined cities of Detroit and Newark
And the ravished American Dream--
Bring back our girls!
From "Disaster Capitalism" and mindless, twerking mannequins--
Bring back our girls!
From the "Occupied Territories" of Palestine
And from Israeli Porn Kings--
Bring back our girls!
From the "royal" slave-holders of Arabia,
And the crapulous monarchs of Britain--
Bring back our girls!
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From our culture of destitution and prostitution--
Bring back our girls!
From "entrepreneurs" and exploiters
Of sex and violence and from those who confound and abuse--
Bring back our girls!
Restore them to their birthright dignity:
Co-creators; mothers; sisters; daughters; friends.
Bring back our girls
From the wars that have butchered them
(Restore them!);
From the silence that has answered their prayers
(Answer now...);
From the callous hypocrisy
Of scoffed-at dreams and snuffed-out hopes--
Bring back our girls!
Gary Corseri
