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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wells chapter.

Black canaries sing sweet melodies

Of a blossoming marigold of 

Pride for the ancestors of African love. 

A strong set of hands snaps the neck of the songbird. 

 

Sweet melodies turned chants

of the pride of African love

swirls golden and red hues

Dripping off sweet-tasting tongues.

 

A woman slept soundly in her bed, 

While her grim reapers get charged with 

Not digging the bullets deeper within her 

Resting mind salted with dreams.

Syd Abad

Wells '22

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ― Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light
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