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Ebony Love

By Kellen Gaither

Chocolate limbs twisted together 
soft, plush thighs against muscled, toned arms 
wide noses bumping into each other 
brown eyes meeting  
plump lips kissing 
this was love. 
Skin so dark and smooth  
there was no telling where one began and the other ended 
beauty beyond skin that touched the roots of the soul 
ebony love that made ebony babies 
ebony love that brought together ebony nations 
ebony love that smelled like coconut butter and vanilla 
so sweet, so deep, so gentle 
so in love. 

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