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To Be Loved By

by Mara Smith
Illustration by Carmella Furio

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I want to be loved by
black ladies
in churches
who sing gospels

black ladies
my ancestors
who sing gospels
I will never know

my ancestors
my father
felt more pain than I will ever know
my white mother will never know

my father
in churches
my mother will never know
I want to be loved by