harriet

if i be you

let me not forget

to be the pistol

pointed

to be the madwoman

at the rivers edge

warning

be free or die

and isabell

if i be you

let me in my

sojourning

not forget

to ask my brothers

ain’t i a woman too

and

grandmother

if i be you

let me not forget to

work hard

trust the Gods

love my children and

wait.

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