You cannot kill a book or the buzzing in it.
I think the 'book' is the school girls and the 'buzzing' is their willingness to fight for their education.
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she takes the bullet in the head
This line could be a reference to Malala Yousafzai's shooting. It refers to all the violence against school girls in their fight for their education.
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A Century Later
I read up on the poem and have found that this is a response to Owen's 'Anthem For Doomed Youth'. This poem speaks of the struggles of girls who are fighting for their right to an education 100 years after the setting of Owen's poem.
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