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Boys Like Us

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Do not tell boys like us  'life is simple like ABCD' When we still stutter on  L, M, N 'cus we're  used to  the nursery days Rhymes  ELLI, EHNNI, EMMU.  Do not tell boys like us the moon is not a picture  of our mothers and the stars are not the eyes  of our fathers we were brought up  with the tale of our forefathers who lived in the  walking clouds outskirt   we were told  they reach out to us  with beaming lights every night whilst we were taught  how to respond with  " twinkle twinkle little star" . Do not tell boys like us  to stay away ' from the rain ' do not remind boys like us  how to fly an umbrella when we've found solace  in the slippery rainy-dance  which flows with the rhythm of the raindrops   that strikes hard  our tattered roof  squirting water on our bodies  while we run  around the house  chanting "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN"...