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Amiri Baraka, Transbluesency: Selected Poems, 1961-1995 Quotes: We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy.
         

We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy.


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We take unholy risks to prove we are what we cannot be. For instance, I am not even crazy.
         



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