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f覺ercely memy upbones in her branches i wanted to jump took up outta
i sat up one nite walkin a boardin house i found god in myself that chill at daybreak it waz too much the sky laid over me like a million men
screamin/ cryin/ the ghost of another woman
made me dawn dew & be done wit myself
i found god in myself & i loved her held me in the breeze leave me alone
wit my tears leave me alone & endlessly weavin garments for the moon & go on in the wind
felli loved into her a numbness & i loved iher/ fiercely
the sun wrapped me up swingin rose light everywhere
i waz cold/ i waz burnin up/ a child who waz missin what i was missin
tilgod thein only tree i cd i found myself & i loved her see collected works by Ntozake Shange compiled and edited by Caroline Hartig