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"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined."


hey i was molested

that doesn't define me

i am a girl

that doesn't define me

i am white

that doesn't define me

so what defines a generation

what defines a young white girl who has been accosted

my size 9 shoes

or my big hands

or my uneven earlobes

no

you don't define me

i don't define me

define free

define dreams

define society

need, den, fed, nife

words you can make with define

define define

 
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