Not every skin-teeth
is a smile "Massa"
if you see me smiling
when you pass
if you see me bending
when you ask
Know that I smile
know that I bend
only the better
to rise and strike
again.


I Is a Long Memoried Woman (1984). Skin-Teeth

Grace Nichols Quotes

Not every skin-teeth is a smile Massa if you see me smiling when you pass if you see me bending when you ask Know that I smile know that I bend only...

Not every skin-teeth is a smile Massa if you see me smiling when you pass if you see me bending when you ask Know that I smile know that I bend only...

Not every skin-teeth is a smile Massa if you see me smiling when you pass if you see me bending when you ask Know that I smile know that I bend only...

Not every skin-teeth is a smile Massa if you see me smiling when you pass if you see me bending when you ask Know that I smile know that I bend only...