Pardon
Deandra Brunson
1.
For WHO is WHAT to WHERE and WHEN yet WHY but HOW it matters BECAUSE,
2.
western Gaze cultural visually
systemically democratic
represents Negates sustains
victims dressed to participate.
3.
America’s identity
framed institutionalized modernity
insuring rights to appropriate:
style power articulates.
4.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MY SKIN
what I bare not a sin—
_______________________my negro cloth—
_____________________________________________GENERATIONAL!
Privileged for me to bare skin specifically!
Intersectionality, presents thy—
Strength and skill instilled
_____________________________hand-to
_________________________________hand down
_________________________________________________a
___________________________________hand-me-down
_______________________________________________________but, I’m not average!
5.
Appropriation is subjectivity
so pardon my reality.