“They Call Her Blessed by Maisie Aletha Smikle
Car smashed
Home snatched
Grocery eaten
Clothes taken
Undefended
Uncontended
Offended
Assaulted
Respected
Envied
Educated
Loved
Arrested
Suffered
Bled
Died
Lived
Played
Studied
Understood
Trampled
Alienated
Suffocated
Toxicated
Invisible
Conspicuous
Talented
Favored”
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