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May 2017
on my right leg,
under my knee
lives a cinnamon colored stain
that looks a bit like africa
the same way i look a bit like africa
in the shape of my nose
and the waves of my curls
waves like the water that carried my
ancestors in boats
all the way to this island
of salt and sugarcane
Gaby Comprés
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Gaby Comprés  22/F/Dominican Republic
(22/F/Dominican Republic)   
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