“I didn't come looking for you the day you uninvitedly appeared on my doorstepHow did we go from nonchalant conversation me waiting for you to turn me off with corny jokes and mind dumbing conversat...”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

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“She was rare, few and far betweenShe suspected he would be as wellAnd the thought of two rare, few and far between individualsDoing all that was necessary for that rare, few and far between Meeting...”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

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“...unforgivingly, and forcefully magnificent...”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin

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“Fantasy like thought that no man could rainJust let her reignRun wild with her unafraidOf any rain stormsThey only wash the mud away and make wayFor double rainbows and sunny days”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

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“...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces....”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

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“...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces...”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin

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“The depths of her thoughts will have you never wanting to surface for air...”

— Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

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