At the highest point of her development (poem) - Véronique Pittolo - France

A l’apogée de sa crue, on imagine la fillette au bras d’un cavalier. Mais les cavaliers passent, les jeunes filles restent… la vie s’enfuit au volant d’une décapotable.

(Naître fille est un handicap qui consiste à être deux fois plus vivante qu’un garçon).

At the highest point of her development, you imagine the little girl on the arm of a beau. But the beaus go by, the young girls stay behind… life speeds away at the wheel of a convertible.

(To be born a girl is a handicap which consists of being twice as alive as a boy.)