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BEAUTY SHOPPE by MARILYN NELSON

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First Line: YES, GIRL. HE WAS FINE. ALL NIGHT HE'D GROAN I LOVE YOU
Last Line: HE'S NOT WORTH IT. GIRL, THAT NIGGER BROKE MY HEART
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; LOVE – UNREQUITED; DECEPTION; GRIEF;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw5W8SzvGUcC&pg=PA209&dq=NELSON+%22YES,+GIRL.+HE+WAS+FINE.+ALL+NIGHT+HE%27D+GROAN+I+LOVE+YOU%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3rreZzd7KAhXJ8x4KHf1yCyQQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=NELSON%20%22YES%2C%20GIRL.%20HE%20WAS%20FINE.%20ALL%20NIGHT%20HE'D%20GROAN%20I%20LOVE%20YOU%22&f=false


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