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MIDWEST HOMEGIRL
TALKIN’ BACK
GIVIN’ LESSONS
A LONE SOLDIER
BRAVE
SOME SAY A CRAZY _ _ _ _ _
IN A WAR
WHERE THE PENULTIMATE WEAPONS
ARE TALKIN’ MINDFUCK MACHINES
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LIVIN’
AMONGST THE WALKIN’ WOUNDED
SOME SAY AN EVIL _ _ _ _ _
WORDS FLOW
OUT YO MOUTH
LIKE TIDAL WAVES
SO IT AIN’T JUST-US
MIDWEST HOMEGIRL
MOTHER’S DAUGHTER
‘MINDIN’ PEOPLE THE 13TH
SET US FREE
MOTHER
TO YOUR SISTERS’ CHILDREN
ALWAYS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
ALL THE ISSUES
LEFT OF CENTER
U B
MIDWEST HOMEGIRL
TALKIN’ BACK
GIVIN’ LESSONS
A LONE SOLDIER
GIVIN’ LESSONS
TALKIN’ BACK
MIDWEST HOMEGIRL
U B
© B.Michael Hunter 1990
Written in honor of Denise Carty-Bennia, B.Michael’s mentor and friend. He delivered this poem at her memorial in 1990.
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