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May 13
poem 3 comments challenge: ListenUp
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Hope_for_the_future

93 Cents More

There was a boy at work, 
the keyword: was. 
He quit on a Monday, mad,
mad that someone earned more
than him. 

He was mad and quit 
over 6 percent, left 
over 93 cents.

He quit because, I, 
a girl, am paid 93 cents
more than him. 

Well, maybe now he 
knows the feeling 
of the female population 
everywhere, except
we don't quit. 
We fight for
what we deserve. 
 
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Posted: 05.13.19
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  1. ShanRippWriting
    May 14, 2019

    The inclusion of the narrator being a girl and getting paid more than the boy really drove the message of the poem forward.

    Shannon Ripp

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  1. Reid
    May 16, 2019

    Excellent social commentary, Hope_for_the_future! And I love the defiant ending.

    YWP Executive Director
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  1. NiñaEstrella
    May 20, 2019

    This is really great. It's short, definitive, and strong. Loved it!

    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde

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