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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

La Vaca
Look
into
her eyes
and know:
She does not think
of
herself
as
steak.

* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.

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I Will Keep Broken Things

I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
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Democratic Womanism

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I Said to Poetry

I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
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Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
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How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
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As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
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Our Martyr

When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

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When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
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With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
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Let other leaders Retire To play golf & write Memoirs
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