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they tell me
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are you, hesitation, filipina?
coz you don't look like
japanese, bietnamese,
mostly chinese
your skin is white
you're hap hap?
nothing in the blood?

you don't speak the language?
just a little? what?
you need stronger tick-tock T's

you're beautiful
  for a filipina
you're not dark like others
lucky you

put lipstick

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Danielle C. Le
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Copyright © Danielle C. Le
March 2000

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