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"The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age."

Margaret Walker, American Poet

Age, Evil, Fire, Today

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"The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age."

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"Now when you hates you shrinks up inside and gets littler and you squeezes your heart tight and you stays so mad with peoples you feels sick all the time like you needs the doctor."

"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."

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