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Nappy Curls

February 22, 2017
By Birklei GOLD, Raytown, Missouri
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Don't you know your nappy curls are precious too

That your brown skin casts a soft glow like a sunrise

That it has a sparkle like stars in the night sky

Don't you know your curvy hips can be admired too

Don't you know that you were born beautiful

And not for the pleasure of men

Cause boys can be beautiful to

And anyone to challenge such a premonition

Just doesn't know

I just don't tuck it between my legs like other men do

I wear my testicles on my chest to show the world

I'm not just beautiful

I'm handsome too.

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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This is a poem about my body and gender identity and how handsome can be beautiful too.

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