What a gift, wrapped in laces
even a talkative one
tick-tock it said when unwrapped
definitely meaning something else
maybe something like "leave me alone"
difficult to hear, but not a happy sound
this gift is not for sharing, it was robbed
it's loot, tick-tocking away in anger
somewhere the desperation sits
maybe in the eyes or in the foreign tongue
or maybe in the photo of the children
this gift is a mother, and this mother is a gift
but not to her kids, left in Africa
robbed of her they look at us, wondering
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