Tuesday, February 24, 2009

what the mirror said

One of my all-time favorite poems. My friend Andrea wrote this out for me as part of a present, and I keep it at my desk at work. I glance at it throughout my day, and I love the feeling it gives me.

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listen,
you a wonder.
you a city
of a woman.
you got a geography
of your own.

listen,
somebody need a map
to understand you.
somebody need directions
to move around you.

listen,
woman,

you not a noplace
anonymous
girl;
mister with his hands on you

he got his hands on
some
damn
body!


- Lucille Clifton

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