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Love my Black Job—
Black Student Union Job!
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Shangri-La—untaxed, socially-distanced champagne-
caviar, Cayman Island, yacht crowds who
Could the pigment of your imagination
cause Black magic mascots, props, sops—
Black faces in high places—
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