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THE COMING OF KALI by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: IT IS THE BLACK GOD, KALI
Last Line: YOU KNOW YOU KNOW ME WELL
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN;
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