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NEW FOLK by TERRANCE HAYES

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First Line: I SAID FOLK WAS DRESSED IN BLUES BUT HAIRIER AND HEMPED.
Last Line: "til it stilled. ""When the moon's black,"" I said. ""Be faithful"
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/181167



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