naked in my own house
and press my breasts
against my windowpane
like black birds pushing against glass
because I am somebody
And if the man come to stop me
in my own house
naked in my own window
saying I have offended him
I have offended his
Gods
Let him watch my black body
push against my own glass
let him discover self
let him run naked through the streets
crying
praying in tongues.
-Lucille Clifton
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