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the threat doesn't need to be always present to keep her captive.

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teaching and raising children
even if they aren't your own
will bring eternal reward
even if some lessons have to be taught with force

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it might not be obligatory,
but even the ravens and jackels look after their young.

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in that moment of transfer from father to husband
from being a daughter to being a wife
there is a moment when she is just she

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between her father who can sell her as a slave
and her husband who can eat her produce - what does own herself?

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flogging them won't help her knowing that she is married to someone who didn't trust her

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her death is at the entrance to his house
so he will see in his going out and coming in

here is where they killed my daughter

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stoning or strangulation
throwing or pulling - is she an insider or not?

why does it matter how they kill her?

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in the absence of her father, who does her earning, pain and worth belong to?
or is it finally her own?

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when the daughter is raped

who feels the loss? damage?

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are all men dogs?

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degrading the king's daughter to a slave girl

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sorry for the rape
but where exactly does it hurt?

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when she has been violated
who collects the fine? who has been damaged

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when you are a dead man walking
no amount of money will help you
too many verses against you

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the women who don't know their bodies and the ones who everyone knows.

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well...something happened to her, whether he pays or not
even if she said no or yes too many times

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when to steal and kill and get away

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if there's no body, there's no murder
but there is still some harm done

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when lashes
meet fines

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some actions only have one inevitable outcome once the arrows has been shot - has to land - but stolen bread doesn't have to be carried out and eaten.

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even after the executioners had gone
can not escape the hand of heaven

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pay the fine if you violate her
even her 
the tainted and untouchable one

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crying or looking forward?

either way, it's her who has to leave

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when the army comes to town,
who is the one who is completely safe?

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seperated from family and friends
the boy for being a priest
and the woman for being locked up

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the sketchy status of publicly blessing others

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waiting for the stones to allow you to eat

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knowing what to say (& what not to say) when 2 approach 3

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the 4 pairs of eyes who silence the mouth

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it takes 3 to verify the signature
even if 1 out of 3 is a bit sketchy

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the women with the empty bumps making mounds and bumps on the roads and paths out of town.

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the the fading power of the signature
survives while the person is present or remembered

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believe the mouth that says the pen was influenced by the sword

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the rabbis begin by praising the bride
and
end with praising the scholars.

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why is it public knowledge if she's a virgin? or if a man has known her?