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Kind of Blue

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15. Awww...Thanks, spicysista!

Reply to spicysista (Reply #12)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 06:51 PM

Jul 2019

It's nice to feel that this life wasn't lived for nothing

We've all brought so much richness to this world of anti-blackness and nobody is going to define what is and not black to us any more.

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Beautiful! spicysista Jul 2019 #12

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