Gin

Gin

For a long time I thought 

And it shows my prejudice

That a gin was thus called

Due to the high consumption 

Of the distilled drink

But historically rum 

It would have been

Not gin burning down the throats

Of convicts and aborigines alike

So gin we have now

A shorten version for an aboriginal woman

A slang word used to demean 

To insult and degrade at will

A gin, typical really of our world

Sad reflection on our society.

Lucette C. Bailliet 

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Prompt from Newcastle Writers Festival