it was not a good time
for a black girl
for a white girl
to walk together alone
on the street at night
men threw money at us
how much for you both
fuck you we shouted together
that’s all you get for your dirty money
fuck you and no more
and then we’d laugh
and run before
they ran down their lists
and checked off
whores, maids, the laundry ladies
are fucking each other
faded away from them
like screams of frustrated rage
ugly old boys
who shouted their lust
from their cars
we cut our fingers
mixed our blood together
we vowed to protect
each other forever
from men like them
from men like our fathers
we were the strength
our mothers lacked
we walked away together
and nothing they did
nothing they said
nothing they shouted
could change that
so they bellowed out their windows
fuck you you’re too ugly
we didn’t want you anyways
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