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66 H e avy Wait If Mississippi is to love her elephant self she needs a memory as sharp as her ivory tusks with as many wrinkles as her thick thick past. If she forgets, she need only reach back, caress her keloid skin, and run her fingers across the Braille history raised on her spine or the bruised couplets around her supple neck. For Mississippi to love her elephant self, she need only open her blue/gray eyes and move. Move, as if she carries the entire weight of history and southern guilt on her massive head. Move, in any direction, as long as it is forward. For Mississippi to love her elephant self, she must ask for, extend, and receive forgiveness. But she must never ever ever forget. ...

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