Ghazal for My Sister

By Angel Nafis

A little darker than me/ love by the mass sister
Pale birthmark on ya neck/ with so much sass sister

Almost my reflection/ through mirrored glass sister
Heels and creased pants/ on the go/ niggas harass my sister

twin bodies forked path/ a year astranged/ alas sister
My world is hers if she knew she my last sister

Worth unmeasured/ though neither of us can pass sister
White boy friend curse between your eyes/ but you got class sister

I hold my breath and tongue
pretend I don’t see, “Sonny’s Girl”
tatooed on your ass sister

He cleans his boots on your dreams/ he is an ass sister
(the) black freckle on your nose/ could teach a class sister
Ima miss you when I go

but return
religious

like mass sister.

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