for what it’s worth i ain’t never wanted to be no man, ’cept maybe when i gotta pee at the club.
i’m such a fucking lady i can smell my period before it comes. i knew womanhood before I knew women
i’m Geraldine’s granddaughter, which means I’ll smack the shit outta you and make you a mean plate of food.
fuck no I ain’t sorry for how I come off. fuck you if you can’t understand it. i’m still gon’ reap all these blessings. making out like a bandit.
i ain’t looking for a handout or a handback. fuck your courts, fuck your fields. when I say reparations i mean i’m taking my land back. my grandkids’ grandkids gon’ draw family trees
with treehouses and hammocks.
i say Black Joy they faces go into panic. like how i know happiness when they didn’t plan it?
forgot I’m the blessing. been praisin’ the game like a reverend. wondered why I’m still stressin’.
i’m Gayla’s daughter! watched her make a way of no way
& make dresses.
& teach lessons.
graceful rage & aggression.
raisin’ legends.
look at me: Fluorescent!