I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidde…

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I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers
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The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black goddess within each of us - the poet - whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.
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