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Author: Haala Marikar

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Colombo, Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Identity, Poetry

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys will be boys, And that girl who was groped in the back of the bus, Will go back home, See phantom handprints on her clothes, And wince every time someone comes…

Haala Marikar Haala Marikar on 03/08/202303/08/2023

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