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go barefoot and be warm all the time not only when you go to bed and sleep

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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Summer
Sleep
Time
Barefoot
Warmth
Bed
Warm

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