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http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rodgers/rodgers.htm Poem for Some Black Women ©1992 Carolyn M. Rodgers i am lonely, all the people i know i know too well there was comfort in that at first but now we know each others miseries               too well. we are          lonely women, who spend time waiting for          occasional flings we live with fear. we are lonely. we are talented, dedicated, well read          BLACK, COMMITTED, we are lonely, we understand the world problems Black women’s problems with Black men          but all we really understand is          lonely. when we laugh, we are so happy to laugh we cry when we laugh          we are lonely. we are busy people ...