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Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Cancer
Machetes
Fast
Apathy
Says
Breast
War
Kills
Like
Neck
Necks
Breasts
Slow
Machete

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