The lost women I need to know their namesthose women I would have walked with, jauntily the way men go in groupsswinging their arms, and the onesthose sweating women whom I would have joined After a hard game to chew the fatwhat would we have called each other laughingjoking into our beer? where are my gangs, my teams, my mislaid sisters?all the women who could have known me, where in the world are their names? . Lucille Clifton
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The lost womenI need to know their namesthose women I would have walked with,jauntily the way men go in groupsswinging their arms, and the onesthose sweating women whom I would have joinedAfter a hard game to chew the fatwhat would we have called each other laughingjoking into our beer? where are my gangs,my teams, my mislaid sisters?all the women who could have known me,where in the world are their names?

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