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| Meet Alexandra, dedicated to an "Unimportant Woman" in Weimar, Germany |
“Education, Tolerance, Acceptance
Are key ingredients for a peaceful coexistence.”
So teachers preach in Germany’s historic Weimar.
Alexandra shields her bruised and swollen face
From parents who celebrate their racial difference.
But skinhead bullies who attacked her in the schoolyard
Knew no restraint and had no patience for the girl with darker skin.
Alexandra slips into the privacy of blue and sunshine yellow linen.
Hides her pain between the sweetly scented pillows on her bed.
Cries into the furry safety of a childhood bunny friend.
When all the tears have left her tender body,
She finds a skein of unbleached cotton and winds a giant ball.
A cautious smile attends the fast, ambitious circles of her hand.
“They wage wars and I knit teddy bears.”
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