We have taken your children.
We needed something humble to terrorize,
something weak to push around, break like toys.
We have taken your daughters from school.
They shouldn't have been there. We never
went. Yes, the world cannot understand
that we have taken your worthless daughters
from school. Western education is
sinful. And a smart ox does no more work
than a stupid one. We can sell them as whores,
feed them or not, trade them for men of value.
Any grief in us is cold: a chill blade
to stab the hateful. We are not men
who cry womanish tears. We will fire
the bullets of our anger into the future.
We are not peaceful men.
Paula Schulz has taught children for nearly twenty years and joins many others who are saddened and appalled by this kidnapping.