Page 78 - When I was Young ebook
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like the bodies we were told to “cover up
better not get blacker”
like the patriotic view of he as the attacker
hands loading the gun smooth and
graceful, hands gliding a true nutcracker
Deep, deep down went the words he’d
heard form various community
stakeholders
“That’s soft...You gay...Stop acting like a
female” gynic controllers
handle it on your own
gently pressing the vessel to the victim’s
dome
Trying on the trousers of a revolutionary
you see he aims to be quite the contrary
the struggle to settle on a road less
traveled
chasing emancipation determined to
persuade legislators in power
