There is a timbre of voicethat comes from not being heardand knowing / you are not beingheard / noticed onlyby others / not heardfor the same reason.
Audre LordeAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 18, 1934
- Died: January 1, 1992
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