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Scarf of Contention
Let’s look at my scarf, my head’s adorn
Light, pastel softness, not crown of thorn
All pride, honor, modest grace
Elegant beauty, confident in my space
Not what you had in mind?
Let’s consider my scarf, how this is my choice
My identity, security, my voice
All ambition, talent, kindness
Wonder at my strength, my smartness
Oh, not what you meant to say?
Let’s weaponize my scarf then, get it banned
Crusade fodder, heckled and yanked
Media circus, talk up a storm
Uncivilized scarf, can’t be the norm
More to your liking?
Let’s judge my scarf, feminist’s scar
Just asking for it, a fanatic’s war
Subservient and weak, these sister wives
Begging to be rescued from meek lives
There, feeling superior now?
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I am a junior in high school. I was inspired by a news article about Bangladeshi Muslim woman who bonded with her young son by playing Cricket with him -- in her burkha! (Burkha is a loose garment covering a woman from head to foot -- worn by some Muslim women). She was criticized by both the right and the left.