after Sonia Feldman
When I read there were 170 womenseized from brothels in the Gardeniadistrict, loaded into police wagonsand crammed into the hull of a ship,I wonder if they held hands. Or prayed.If they cried when their lurching cagedocked, and when next morningthey were forced to till the dizzyingfields. I wonder how they feltwhen told it was a wastefor pleasure to bear no fruit,how they must ... (read more)