Brown, it’s in Today
Brown, it’s in Today

Quick! Hurry before it isn’t!

*Please read in the brassiest Yankee accent of your choice for best impact*

Photo by Clarke Sanders on Unsplash

Hey Ma!

Brown is in today!

I saw it on the news

They’re getting awards

Ooo girl, they got the panels,

look at those colors

It’s in today.

They’re building that girl up

instead of dragging her down,

fluffing her hair, instead of cutting it off

they’re letting him speak, and giving him space.

Child, brown is in today.

That’s the fourth movie I seen in the hood,

Is that a little black girl as a lead?

I think I see someone in politics,

let’s see how long it lasts.

Ma! Brown is in today,

but that girl is still wearing dark foundation, that does not belong to her . . .

and that man is still falsely accused . . . he never got to explain himself . . .

that woman can’t walk into work natural, because her hair is unprofessional . . .

a thigh gap “isn’t genetic” and “You’ll never look like the rest of them”

Her braids are ghetto, but her braids are fashion.

That’s okay, hey, chin up girlfriend.

Maybe brown will be in tomorrow.
['Marleena Garris']
['Poetry', 'Writing', 'Race', 'A Cornered Gurl', 'Black Excellence']