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Slave Moth: A Narrative in Verse

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Thylias Moss
Thylias Moss

Thylias Moss is an American poet born on February 27, 1954. Her poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, exploring themes of race, gender, and social justice. more

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“Among the working classes, in the next few months, there grew up a certain prejudice against all fellow workers who were exceedingly pale. The new Caucasians began to grow self-conscious and resent the curious gazes bestowed upon their lily-white countenances in all public places. They wrote indignant letters to the newspapers about the insults and discriminations to which they were increasingly becoming subjected. They protested vehemently against the effort on the part of employers to pay them less and on the part of the management of public institutions to segregate them.”

“Numa terra de asfixia nos beijamos como se egoistamente quiséssemos roubar o oxigênio um do outro e sobre a frieza nós deslizamos até nos abraçarmos um no outro com todo amor, todo amor próprio necessário para roubar o calor do corpo de alguém. E antes que cheguemos a tanto: se jogue ao abismo, de mãos dadas comigo.”

“Don't confound being on the front line and online on face! Nao confunda estar em linha de frente com estar na linha de frente!...”