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Black Butch Woman

black butch woman be strong black butch
woman be silent black butch woman be
thick as thieves be creatures of the
night be forgotten be spat out black
man's mouth like freedom lay stand a
one-hitter be emulating black man's
genius and his broken all in one stride
black butch woman learned from black man
black man scared a black butch woman be
threatened be disgusted because spic
Lluis be wide-eyed in closed fists be
violent and destructive be pardon his
own fear we'll be bringing her with him
be always at war but black butch woman
be ready for war be strong be protector
of identity because black butch woman be
knowing black butch woman be knowing the
history black butch woman have no
history be borne and forgotten before
layers of oppression being no white man
history but being written be someone's
nightly prayer be a high functioning
closet be up for interpretation be
artistic expression be bow ties and boat
shoes be bagging jeans and fitted caste
face and locked hair be tattooed and
blemished be on the wrong side of the
store be on the wrong side of the
dressing room be sir be sure be sure be
left beside ways be queer be tomboy be
sports all these worst be good be WNBA
with a perm be secret lover be lifelong
partner be aunty not mama be resilient
be outcast we failed crushes be college
experiment be and load a man be dagger
and Fleshman power be wounded me you
could have been so beautiful be born
beautiful be complementing ways out of
suicide the affirmation be sure they
certainly not a phase being loved being
loved all the time be carry heart and
shadow be careful they don't see us we
touch him no touching here
no touch here be no mascara we no proof
of crying be heartbreaks / gospel we no
trace a tear drop be strong be locked
jaw and swallowed in so be like black
man but stronger black bush
and store woman from black man that
black man feel endangered black butch
woman is in danger be misrepresented be
unrepresented be trying to exist in this
world without living so be learning
everything she know from black man who
hate him
a black butch woman yo he be wide-eyed
in closed fists ready to swing but black
butch woman always be ready for woman

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