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    i love you. i lied.
    i love you. i lied.
    i love you. i lied.
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    i love you. i lied.

    By Najma Hassan

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    Debut publication for poet Najma Hassan, 'i love you. i lied.,' is a collection that explores love in all its aspects; personal, platonic, and intimate.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJul 13, 2022
    ISBN9781387790289
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      i love you. i lied. - Najma Hassan

      i love you. i lied.

      What’s In A Name?

      24 years

      It took 24 years for me to learn what’s in a name

      To understand that despite similar lettering and sequence, no one is defined the same

      Different infliction and conception, individuality is to blame

      Didn’t define who I was, but inspired who I became

      Named, by my mother and father, a lot to live up to

      Shamed, by people who think they know me better than even they do, but I never

      Blamed, individuals who refer to me in fewer syllables than their mothers mother tongue

      but it’s still

      Stained, into my mind as a name they can’t define

      A name they can’t deny, known by strangers to me

      A name that paints me by the

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