No man can give me any word but Wait.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSWhen white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings. But often there is only, or chiefly, an awareness that Two Colors are in the room.
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There are no magics or elves or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must wizard a track through our own screaming weed.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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The poetry is myself.
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Sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings. But often there is only, or chiefly, an awareness that Two Colors are in the room.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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The music is in minors.
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Each body has its art.
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