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mama asks, haven’t you been lucky to know gracious men

es mama, after all, the only time I felt uncertain about a sexual advance was at a college party where my boyfriend took me, drunk for the very first time, to his bedroom, pulled my underwear to my knees & used his fingers to enter—did I mention I was drunk?—& said, & for a second I closed my eyes & I thought, but he stopped when I asked him to stop &

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