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queenie from harlem

from Caribbean
queenie harlems queen of crime
ran the neighborhood

dressing to the nines
a civil rights activist
financial wizard

she taunted gangsters
to steal her territory
in newspaper ads

a gang war ensued
forty people were left dead
killer queen escaped

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger

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