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To Miss America 1954 and To Roseanne and To All of the Silenced Voices my sisters are speaking are hearing their voices are sharing their voices the screams of night-children magnificent voices my sisters have listened are speaking their stories resounding their stories the pain of night-children no longer just stories the shrieking night-children being heard by the nation audiences of silence hearing children of shame night-children of shame night-fathers night-uncles tore into their voices destroyed their soft-flowers then silenced the voices tortured the children then gagged the soft voices familiar deep voices came into their nightmares night-children night-children invaded your nightmares ear-splitting deep voices came into your nightmares nightmares of rapists whose voices were daddy’s whose voices were daddy’s night-children night-children who waken in rages who waken with voices who wake the nation the sound of new choices new choices new voices we hear your loud voices booming voices stunning voices your day-children voices the sound of your hatred the sound of your struggle new voices new choices we hear the new choices the chorus of choices the power of voices ©2000 lisbeth west written September 21, 1991
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