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Imani Davis (they/them) reads their poem, “AFTER LEARNING OF THE AFFAIR, I DOWN TWO BOTTLES OF CHARDONNAY AND GIVE AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE OF BEYONCÉ’S DON’T HURT YOURSELF.”

Read where this poem was originally published, Frontier Poetry: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2021/07/16/poetry-after-learning-of-the-affair-i-down-two-bottles-of-chardonnay-and-give-an-impromptu-performance-of-beyonces-dont-hurt-yourself-by-imani-davis/

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My name is Imani Davis, I'm a  queer black writer from Brooklyn   and I'll be reading my poem, "After  Learning of the Affair I Down Two   Bottles of Chardonnay and Give an Impromptu  Performance of Beyoncé's Don't Hurt Yourself" I prefer the first half of Lemonade