blackness

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my blackness is not necessarily apparent in my skin

its steeped in memories from family cook outs

and resounds in my love for african food

my first memories of music

consists of knowing all the words to Mariah Carey's

we belong together

my blackness lives in the crevices of my brain

where memories of my childhood are dug up

and with a tune, or a smell there I am reminded

of who I am

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