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RAPE by TCHICAYA U TAM'SI

First Line: WHEN I HAD STOLEN THE FIRE
Last Line: AGAINST MY LIPS ALWAYS %SWOLLEN WITH PAIN

Poem Sources:

NEW BOOK OF AFRICAN VERSE.
  REED, JOHN, & WAKE, CLIVE (EDS.)
  (1984)
 



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