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ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHADOWS, SHADOWS
Last Line: PROFOUND.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; SHADOWS;
Shadows, shadows,
Hug me round
So that I shall not be found
By sorrow;
She pursues me
Everywhere,
I can't lose her
Anywhere.

Fold me in your black
Abyss,
She will never look
In this, --
Shadows, shadows,
Hug me round
In your solitude
Profound.



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