exotic

don't wanna be your exotic

pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp some
ppppppp delicate ppppp fragile pppp colorful
ppppppp bird
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp imprisoned
ppppppp caged
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp in
ppppppp a land foreign to the stretch of her wings don't wanna be your exotic
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp women
ppppppp everywhere are just like me
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp some
ppppppp taller ppppp darker pppppp nicer
ppppppp than me
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp but
ppppppp like me but just the same
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp women
ppppppp everywhere carry my nose on their faces
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp my
ppppppp name on their spirits
ppp don't wanna ppppppppppppppppppppppppp don't
ppppppp seduce yourself with
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp my
ppppppp otherness ppppp my hair
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp wasn't
ppppppp put on top of my head to entice
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp you
ppppppp into some mysterious black vodou
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp the
ppppppp beat of my lashes against each other
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ain't
ppppppp some dark desert beat
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp it's
ppppppp just a blink
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp get
ppppppp over it don't wanna be your exotic

pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp your
ppppppp lovin of my beauty ain't more than
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp funky
ppppppp fornication ppppp plain pink perversion

pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp in
ppppppp fact pppp nasty necrophilia
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp cause
ppppppp my beauty is dead to you
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp I
ppppppp am dead to you
pppppp not your
pppppppppppppppppppppp harem
ppppppp girl pppppppppppp geisha
ppppppp doll pppppppppppppppppppppp banana
ppppppp picker
pppppppppppppppppppppp pom
ppppppp pom girl pppppp pum pum shorts pppppppppppp coffee
ppppppp maker
pppppppppppppppppppppp town
ppppppp whore ppppppppp belly
ppppppp dancer ppppppppppppppppppppp private
ppppppp dancer
pppppppppppppppppppppp la
ppppppp malinche ppppppppp venus
ppppppp hottentot ppppppppppppppp laundry
ppppppp girl
pppppppppppppppppppppp your
ppppppp immaculate vessel emasculating princess don't wanna be
ppppppppppppppppp your erotic
ppppppp not your exotic


From BORN PALESTINIAN, BORN BLACK (Harlem River Press, 1996)