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He wasn't anything. He wasn't white. He wasn't black Or brown Or peach Or tangerine. He could have been green. Was he Asian? Middle Eastern? Did he wear a kippah, A keffiyeh? He wasn't anything. I bet he didn't even Have a belly button. He came before the race. He was nothing, He was earth.
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM UTC
The First Man
He wasn't anything. He wasn't white. He wasn't black Or brown Or peach Or tangerine. He could have been green. Was he Asian? Middle Eastern? Did he wear a kippah, A keffiyeh? He wasn't anything. I bet he didn't even Have a belly button. He came before the race. He was nothing, He was earth.
batya-brown
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM UTC
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