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Dark Necks


How can I be beautiful with my dark neck?

A heavy breathing

slow poke

diet coke

black folk

been broke

it's no joke  how surprised I am 

to know that you find me worthy.

Suffocated by the tight pearls

hated by your world

love peanut-chocolate swirls 

tried to be a normal girl 

it only made me hurl that I 

am unavailable. 

why is this normal?

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jaicraze

Theatre Artist, a Black girl with the key earring, Big Brillant Woman, Scorpio,

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