A distress, woman-centric poem, by Tali, exclusively for Different Truths.
By the force of my doom
The outcast
The blood of disgrace
Is in menstruation.
And not upon
(A foreign) foreskin
In humility
And not as
A wife to bear it
In humility
For this
I give
No guarantee.
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Tali Cohen Shabtai, a poet, she was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She began writing poetry at the age of six. Her poems express spiritual and physical exile. She is studying her exile and freedom paradox, her cosmopolitan vision is very obvious in her writings. She lived in Oslo, Norway and in the U.S.A. Tali authored four poetry books, one to be released in 2021. Her literary works have been translated into many languages as well.