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I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Lovely
Deeply
Lovers
Lonely
Without
Singles
Lover
Belong
Loneliness

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