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тАЬUnique . . . elements of SF, fantasy, and horror blended into a story as hot as a pot of Pickapeppa
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тАЬStunning novel . . . gets into the nitty-gritty of some tough urban issues.тАЭ
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тАЬHighly imaginative and masterfully plotted.тАЭ
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the authorтАЩs
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Grateful acknowledgment is given to David Findlay for permission to reprint his poem тАЬStolenтАЭ ┬й 1997
by David Findlay.
MIDNIGHT ROBBER. Copyright ┬й 2000 by Nalo Hopkinson. All rights reserved. No part of this
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Stolen
I stole the torturerтАЩs tongue
itтАЩs the first side of me some see
the first line you hear
first line of defense when I say
тАЬSee this long tongue illicitly acquiredтАФdoesnтАЩt it suit me well?
hear these long words assiduously appliedтАФ
donтАЩt I wield them well?
wouldnтАЩt you be foolish if you tried to tackle me in anything so complex as a kiss or a conversation?тАЭ
I stole the torturerтАЩs tongue!
hear this long tongue!
feel this long tongue!
this tongue sometimes my only tool not mine entirely but what is?
I was raised protectively of/as/by other peoplesтАЩ propertyтАФI got over that
this tongue is yours too if you can take it
I stole the torturerтАЩs tongue!
man wouldnтАЩt recognize this dancing, twining, retrained flesh
if it slapped upside the empty space in him headтАФ
it will, it has; heтАЩll pay for the pleasure;
watch him try anтАЩ claim as his own this long, strong old tongueтАЩs