Angry Black Woman
Fejiro Okifo
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I’ve been called a lot of things
angry is one of them
loud
but you don’t really hear me
do you
why is it my laughter
steals your joy
my tears
quench your thirst
my smile
makes you weak
you hate to see
my shoulders even
you stamp me into the ground
And Still I Rise
that would make me angry
too
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Fejiro Okifo is a Nigerian-American resident physician living in Detroit, Michigan. Her work has been published in Tahoma Literary Review, Sou’wester, Litro Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, Gasher Magazine, and upstreet. She was also named a finalist in the 2021 Black Warrior Review Contest.
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