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"my english is broken. on purpose. you have to try harder to..." — Nayyirah Waheed

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my english is broken.

on purpose.

you

have to try harder to understand

me.

breaking this language

you so love

is my pleasure.

in your arrogance

you presume that i want your

skinny language.

that my mouth is building

a room for

it

in the back of my throat.

it is not.

--i have seven different words for love. you have only one. that makes a lot of sense

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