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“We could not swim, but now we are swimming— We have to swim. It is not fair. It is never fair. We have no chance to be part of the decision That changes us. We were, and then we are. Regrettably, We are not alone. If it is one of us, It is all of us, so many of us.”

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Book:Not Go Away Is My Name
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