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" I am done being delicate.
As a girl, I was taught to be sweet,
to be dainty,
to fold into myself until I was nothing more than crumpled paper.
This is my unfolding.
I will use gunpowder to set my makeup and gasoline as my perfume.
Next time you try to burn me at the stake, I will burn back.
I will start a fire you cannot control. "

Caroline Kaufman , Light Filters In: Poems


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Caroline Kaufman quote : I am done being delicate. <br />As a girl, I was taught to be sweet,<br />to be dainty, <br />to fold into myself until I was nothing more than crumpled paper. <br />This is my unfolding. <br />I will use gunpowder to set my makeup and gasoline as my perfume. <br />Next time you try to burn me at the stake, I will burn back. <br />I will start a fire you cannot control.