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CUTTING GREENS by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: CURLING THEM AROUND / I HOLD THEIR BODIES IN OBSCENE EMBRACE
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

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