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To Fathers with Daughters

by Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur

every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you




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