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" I did not come here to sing a blues.
Lately, I open my mouth

& out comes marigolds, yellow plums.
I came to make the sky a garden.

Give me rain or give me honey, dear lord.
The sky has given us no water this year.

I ride my bike to a boy, when I get there
what we make will not be beautiful

or love at all, but it will be deserved. "

Danez Smith , Don't Call Us Dead


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Danez Smith quote : I did not come here to sing a blues.<br />Lately, I open my mouth<br /><br />& out comes marigolds, yellow plums.<br />I came to make the sky a garden.<br /><br />Give me rain or give me honey, dear lord.<br />The sky has given us no water this year.<br /><br />I ride my bike to a boy, when I get there<br />what we make will not be beautiful<br /><br />or love at all, but it will be deserved.