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And this is a Romare
Bearden poem, "Before Dawn".

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It's a mosaic.

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"Before dawn".

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"The door opens,
backlit on a round

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purple rag rug mimosa mosaic.

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Before Dawn opens the
mosaic door backlit

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onto round rug rag in
spiral, the sign broom

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propped near another
mother watching

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her daughter carry a bowl of
green, round figs or sprouts?

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Her grandmother
beckons open palmed

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over the patchwork
tablecloth of orange ball

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and blue green squares.

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At the same moment,
my mind flickers

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to my mother taking care
of my daughter, Miranda.

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I am the woman shadowing the
doorway watching them play.

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Watching thy my mother."

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