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Color (Cullen)/A Brown Girl Dead

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4079056Color — A Brown Girl DeadCountee Cullen

A Brown Girl Dead

WITH two white roses on her breasts,
White candles at head and feet,
Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;
Lord Death has found her sweet.

Her mother pawned her wedding ring
To lay her out in white;
She'd be so proud she'd dance and sing
To see herself tonight.