<p><span style="color:#000000;">Before Tyler Perry&#8217;s rendition of</span> &#8216;<span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>For <span style="color:#0000ff;">Colored <span style="color:#ff6600;">Girls&#8217;</span></span></em><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><span style="color:#000000;">, the 1982 television adaptation featured icons like Lynn Whitfield and Alfre Woodard. Below is one of my favorite pieces&#8230; &#8216;Somebody almost walked off with all my stuff.&#8217;</span></span></span></span></p>
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Poetry Picks: ‘Somebody Almost Walked Off’
