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A Little African Trade

November 12, 2013
By secretgb SILVER, Easley, South Carolina
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I am a little girl
I wonder if i will live
I heear cries and weeps
I see wood and others of my kind
I want to go home
I am a little girl

I pretend I am playing with my friends
I touch the sweat from the person beside me
I worry i might die
I cry every night
I am a little girl

I understand i might not make it
I say it wil be okay
I dream of my old life
I try to escape the horror
I hope to be free again
I am a little girl

© Cynthia M., Washington, DC

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This refers to a little girl on a slave boat.
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