after Alexandria Smith
put black girl hair under a microscope &
see space—a galaxy of naps seeking
light—here: we twin ourselves into beings
Siamese psychosisㅤㅤㅤa hocus–pocus of limbs
zigzag of woodgrain vertebraeㅤㅤㅤㅤfloating
universeㅤㅤㅤㅤwe solstice toward void shine
toward whitenessㅤㅤㅤㅤtoward bloodline whittled whack
think how black vacuum consumesㅤㅤㅤㅤtakes back our we
oh dark continent of kink pink kneecaps
mutate two stages beyond beigeㅤㅤㅤㅤyonder
brown legs long to tapdance for an audience
of stardustㅤㅤㅤㅤshuffle along & Sambo
that constellation of teeth on the cusp of Tom—oh
Uncle, what dilemma this nappy hair
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ —that white white arm