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In Answer to Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Frances Joan White

The name rings like
Thunder, and when
Lightening caused him
To fall, and wander
Across arid lands
Stripping him bare
Against an oasis of jagged
Edges that sought
To expose his veneer;
That mask, which
Caused him to stare; a
Fixed grin his only prayer
To keep it from
Crumbling.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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