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Embracing the violets one by one. With petals to the cheek, the lips—caressing the neck against dark skin that blushes with the color of the strokes and kisses of a flower simple and understated; the silent voice of writing the black lesbian heart.

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Olivia Nicole McLean

@embraceviolets

Don’t step on the beets or crush the violets. I’m a gay black woman living in the South. Urban and rustic, pragmatic. Life is too short to be anything less than authentic.