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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat the cicada said to the brown boy
deray mckesson @deraywhat the cicada said to the brown boy by @ClintSmithIII.


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what the cicada said to the brown boy (Original Post)
bigtree
Apr 2015
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. Wow. n/t
I'll be thinking about this for a while now. It has some of the answers I've been pondering.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)2. That is a wonderful poem....
KnR
Chellee
(2,294 posts)3. Wonderful.
This is superb. Thank you for finding and sharing it.
Is this the same Clint Smith that wrote Place Matters?
https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=saREW_BfxwY
bigtree
(93,722 posts)4. yes it is, Chelle
...the same.
Chellee
(2,294 posts)5. I love it when you stumble across a piece of writing
that grabs you, and holds you, and makes you listen.
You did that recently, as well, with your memoir of Charleston.
G_j
(40,558 posts)6. that gave me chills
more than a poem thank you
