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SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE

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First Line: THE EDGE OF OUR BED WAS A WIDE GRID
Last Line: Dreams of durban sometimes / visions the deep wry song of beach pebbles / running after the sea
Subject(s): GAYS & LESBIANS; DEATH - CHILDREN; SOUTH AFRICA; RACISM; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN; DEATH - BABIES; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171296


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