to ms. ann

i will have to forget

your face

when you watched me breaking

in the fields,

missing my children.

i will have to forget

your face

when you watched me carry

your husband’s

stagnant water.

i will have to forget

your face

when you handed me

your house

to make a home,

and you never called me sister

then, you never called me sister

and it has only been forever and

i will have to forget your face.

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