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With each touch of you
i am fresh bread
warm and rising.

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I, woman, i
can no longer claim
a mother of flesh
a father of marrow
I, Woman must be
the child of myself.

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I am a child of America
a step child
raised in the back room...

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I am the Black woman
I am the child of the sun
the daughter of dark
I carry fire to burn the world
I am water to quench its throat
I am the product of slaves
I am the offspring of queens
I am still as silence
I flow as the stream

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The first thing you do is to forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.

Pat Parker

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Joseph Heller

Pat Parker

Pat Parker

Born: January 20, 1944
Died: June 17, 1989 (aged 45)
Bio: Pat Parker was an African-American lesbian feminist poet.
Known for:
  1. Movement in black (1978)
  2. Jonestown & other madness (1985)
  3. Quilt Africa
  4. Quilt the Beloved Country
  5. Quilt the Beloved Africa

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