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This poem is a parody of Sandra Cisneros' "Abuelito Who" to fit the personality of Barbara Kingsolver's Rachel Price from the Posionwood Bible Rachel Who by Tasha Haight Rachel who whines like a sad dog and wishes to leave who is clothes and nail polish who is a plane and a ticket out of Africa whose hair is made of silk is too concerned with herself everyday who tells me in Afrikaans Want so lief het God die... who tells me in French Car Dieu a tant aime le monde... whose eyes are skies can't escape Africa sleeps in her Equatorial hotel who used to despise all of Africa is selfish is a Barbie tied to this land is stuck man oh man doesn't live in America anymore is rich in the French Congo who has lived here for long oh is martinis and cigarettes and friends who marries men time and time and time again is the Fourth of July of her family wishing to leave to leave where to?

This is a comparison I did on the poems "Fireworks" by Amy Lowell and "It's Raining Love" by Richard Brautigan. "Fireworks" by Amy Lowell and "It's Raining in Love" by Richard Brautigan are very similar in many ways. For example, they are both about love. Both speakers are unsure of love and afraid to admit their feelings. The speaker of "It's Raining Love" gets so unsure and confused about his feelings, he starts to distrust himself. In "Fireworks" the speaker covers her true feelings by stating she hates her lover. "Such fireworks as we make, we two! Because you hate me and I hate you" (Lowell 21-22). A common theme between the two is that love is not easy. "It makes me nervous" (Brautigan 5). "But whenever I see you I burst apart" (Lowell 3). As with any two items, anyone can find similarities. "Fireworks" and "It's Raining Love" happen to be very similar. ...