Middle-class Indian Mother
gifts Daughter, Giraffe-
high on pills, on 13th birthday.
Puberty kills girls’ height.
You won’t grow anymore.
Daughter stares at Giraffe’s long neck
Will I grow that tall?
She takes a pill every day. Mother measures
Daughter’s height on the wall,
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