“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” ― James Baldwin

Miguel Rothschild

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BY JAMES BALDWIN

  Lord,

              when you send the rain

              think about it, please,

              a little?

      Do

              not get carried away

              by the sound of falling water,

              the marvelous light

              on the falling water.

          I

              am beneath that water.

              It falls with great force

              and the light

Blinds

              me to the light.

#HBD James Baldwin, born #OTD August 2, 1924. His essays, plays, interviews, and novels have galvanized a new generation of intellectuals and activists. #BLM #BlackLiterature

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