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Photoreceptor


what is a black man in a shadow?

shoulders slightly turned toward you, shoulders slightly turned away from you.

 

can’t quite tell.

if he’s looking at you

or

turned away.

 
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Kameron McDowell

A writing student that resides in the San Francisco Bay Area California. He enjoys the works of Amiri Baraka, J.D. Salinger, Alex Haley, and Ralph Ellison

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