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Dear Black Women
by Heven Ambachew
With strength and resiliency,
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Killing became beside u now
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Pop pop
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Mama, why did this
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It was not my fault
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When...
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i have never really felt enough of anything,
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that which produce vibrant laughs
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so near somewhere
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I am sick and tired of this corruption, these white devils act as if there is no God. I called them white devils not because...
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I deserve to be adorned with pearl not
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each glittering step
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I know how they feel
Behind the joy I peel
I hide to cry alone
Behind the sweet words
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One by one...