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Blue-Black by Frederick K Foote

September 15, 2025May 13, 2025 literallystories2014

Man, in my neck of the woods, color still rules; White, you all right, Brown, stick around, Black, get back. And sometimes we be so black we be blue. And the rules flip on you. Sometimes they do a back flip when you blue-black.

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