This body belongs to all those who live in it.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE
SUMAYA ENYEGUE
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Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
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Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
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Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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ZoroasterZoroaster The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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ZoroasterZoroaster I feel money is power in certain senses. A lot of women out there are just givin’ it away. And then there are the women that’re selling their bodies. But they chose to do that. But this is how they make their money. And I don’t see anything wrong with that.
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