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People can be slave ships in shoes.

Zora Neale Hurston

Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Black Heart Herself Night
So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself Hide Place Soul
There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Human Yourself
My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Family Humor Myself Nation See
It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Death Fear Herself Understand
I love myself when I am laughing. And then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Appearance Laugh Love Myself
So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself Moon Rise
She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Feeling Grief Herself
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ‘jump at the sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Children Herself Opportunity
The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Light Sun Walk
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Heart Hope Yourself
Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Hide Inspirational
Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Flower God Reality Wine
Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Different Love Philosophy Sea
She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself People See
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Distance Man

People can be slave ships in shoes.

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