Poetica: Whose genes do I wear?
Amidst racist shouts,
wouldn't you want to know
family tree roots?
Dangling on a limb,
in search of identity,
blown by shifting winds?
When you dress for work,
are your genes too tight to zip,
wrong size, wrong color?
Racial purity
does not bring security,
is not surety.
What's your DNA,
with its threads, buttons, and weaves,
really got to say?
Who you think you are
might be challenged by its story
or, in fact, confirmed.
Are we connected
in flesh as well as spirit?
Swab the cheek, find out.
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