a long time ago . . .
Cohabitation
if we imagine our future…
Today
my skin
is fashionable
chic
designer
sometimes
drawn
quartered
wrapped and
parceled
in quantum
miscegeny
yet
cool
exotic
color
full
truth
justified! but
what if
tomorrow
militia or
cops come
armed
with jagged
teeth
with silver
bullets, hammering
fists big
lungs holler
today
you wash
the wrong
color
your DNA
blends
panic and
sweat but
I swear
yesterday
I
could
pass
pigments
against
paper bags, so
if tomorrow
other is
the wrong
color
will I
cry, yes find
my flesh
as cotton
with milk
like winter.