After Angel Nafis and Terrance Hayes
Mixed Girl, White Mother
Mixed Girl, Black Father
Yes, really
Mixed Girl, White Mother’s Hair
Black Father’s Lips
patient while you pick and choose
what’s exotic enough
sighs thru tired jokes about how she only gets half of
Martin Luther King Day off work
White Mother’s Guilt
Black Father’s Survival
Survivor’s Guilt
Passing
wonders if it’s called passing because something dies inside each time
carries her blackness like Peter Pan’s shadow shot down and
stitched desperately back to her heels
Mixed Girl also Fat
Yes, Fat
Fat, Mixed Girl reconciled the word Fat
passes slowly, a heavy drop of water
passes race but not weight limits
sighs thru tired jokes about black men loving fat white women
living punchline
Fat, Mixed Girl also Queer
Yes, Really
Queer, Fat, Mixed Girl’s pronouns are
She/Her/Your Majesty
femme
triple threat invisible
double agents as Straight Shameful White Lady
sighs thru tired jokes about greed
as sexual orientation
admits to having mostly had relationships
with cis-men
no less attracted to women tho
no less attracted to non-binary beauty tho
probably thinks you’re cute
probably wants to make out with you
Yes, you
Queer, Fat, Mixed Girl is a Feminist
No shit.
Yes, Feminist
Feminist, Queer, Fat, Mixed Girl is full body intersection
passing whiteness, passing straightness,
passing weakness
makes her a conceal carry revolt
has one common enemy
aims to gut the white supremacist patriarchy
rouge her cheeks with his blood
Feminist
Queer
Fat
Mixed
Girl
knows he will
never
ever
see her
coming