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49 words for Monique (Nikki) Goss from Fire Angelou:

The Mural That Survived
When the Nazis tried to kill Nikki
She hid in a pool of paint
When you try
To murder a muralist
That talks to God
Through her fingertips
(The oil surrounds you)
Like an artistic army
It dares you
To test her survival
Her art
Was born
To live