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APOLOGY (TO THE PANTHERS) by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: I BECAME A WOMAN
Last Line: I GRIEVE MY WHITEFUL DAYS
Subject(s): REPENTANCE; BLACK NATIONALISM; PENITENCE;

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