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BEFORE MAKING LOVE by TOI DERRICOTTE

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First Line: I MOVE MY HANDS OVER YOUR FACE
Last Line: that all the bloody kingdoms rest on
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Vintage_Book_of_African_American_Poe/M4g-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=derricotte+%22I+move+my+hands+over+your+face%22&pg=PA295&printsec=frontcover


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