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C-onditionin9 \4\a'1-er
by I"risfina CheeK

"Rastafari Drive," photograph by J~y Levy Thin~n9
l.onte.mp\atin9
On the edge of
Ma~n9 that decision
c,.oin9 bac.\(,

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~ac.\( to Ill'f roots,
po.joume-t that m~ ta\(e a IIlhde
~ut the house of its jO'{
Wek.omes me.
The prophu1 te.\\s me
I \oo\( at the men
Ma\(e me 90 c.raz.1
Natura\H1
Lallld have merc.1
Want to nnd m1se.\fin

M1poefr1
M1 hair
Not IIlhat I change<!
~ut IIlhatI started

Thin~n9
The am-ief1asph-piatin9 me
I lIlanna ta\(e the step
\oo\( it up
The \oc.s
Naff1 dreads
l'rUious
No \1e.
I'm so close
feel Ill'f nngers tIIlistin'
'5me.\\the inanse \ingenn9
In Ill'f hair
M1 \oc.s shadolllin9 Ill'f e-tes
U\(e douds over stars in the s\(1

Ifs time
I'm pac.~n9 on up
c,.oin9 - 90in9 - 9one.
I'm \00~n9 up.
No \1e.

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