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GRASS FINGERS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOUCH ME, TOUCH ME
Last Line: WITH YOUR TINY, TIMOROUS TOES.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; GRASS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

Touch me, touch me,
Little cool grass fingers,
Elusive, delicate grass fingers.
With you shy brushings,
Touch my face --
My naked arms --
My thighs --
My feet.
Is there nothing that is kind?
You need not fear me.
Soon I shall be too far beneath you,
For you to reach me, even,
With your tiny, timorous toes.



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