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Black Tights
When I was in first grade, she was in third
and she wore black tights that fit tight around
her knobby little knees, but loose at the ankle.
She wore red dresses, always, and cute little shoes
black and white saddle or Buster Brown
with a buckle and her black tights, loose at the ankle.
Short bobbed, brown hair and dimples
and her black tights with a hole where her
white calf showed through all smooth and pretty.
She had a shiny new red bike with tassels and a horn
with a basket for her doll. She wore her black tights
and I always thought I would like to know her better.
- the Prophet
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"The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others. " - Theodore Roosevelt
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