Self-Portrait at Twenty-Five
ever since i was a little kid
when i saw that everyone
doing what i wanted to do
was black
i have wanted to be asian
ever since i drew pictures of myself
with oval eyes and long black hair
whiteness has grown on me
like a fungus
i stink of it
even shaved of their bushy dark hair
my armpits reek
of non-bathing barbarian farmers
picking fleas off each other
instead of a proud sistah
i am a fine-ass white girl
but i will never like the flavor
of what i see in the mirror