Claudia Rankine Poems

There was a time I could say no one I knew well had died. This is not to suggest no one died. When I was eight my mother became pregnant. She went to the hospital to give birth and returned without the baby.
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In the darkened moment a body gifted
with the blue light of a flashlight
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A woman you do not know wants to join you for lunch. You are visiting her campus. In the café you both order the Caesar salad.
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