told pretty for a light-skinned black girl / you are what you eat / told

bitches gotta eat / & the fuck’s an aloo / told 36-24-36 / modest’s

hottest / told not quite a 6-out-of-10 / told rock it braless / told tape those

down / everyone can tell you’re cold / & you dress like a terrorist / told come on

just show us / told avoid eye contact / told girl / you lookin’ thick today / told cover 

the back of your neck / oh my god you tan sooo quickly / told no cover up 

in that shade / we can see your nipples / told sheer’s the new black / told you’re

the new black / told not-black enough / told not-desi enough / told pretty

as a white girl / told upper caste / told female circumcision / told witches hunted

in the country you call homeland / told you’re just lucky

to be here / told life begins at consummation / told only sluts take

birth control / stop acting so american / told ration’s king / told get

an education / stop acting like a crazy / told bitch / but i don’t think of you

as indian / told get on your knees / told bitch / your hips are for gripping

& riding / told swallow / told always swallow / told they think it’s sooo hot

all you have to do is swallow & make eye contact but not for 

too long / told gold makes brown skin glow / told silver’s cheap & you a bad

bitch / told stop whining pussy by the cop who pushed you

against a palm tree / told just like the rest of these immigrants / told

entitled / told spoiled / told mop up the shit in the coffee shop bathroom /

you’re fifteen & the twenty-one-year-old line cook gives you a cigarette every time

you flash him / told bitch you gotta work for that money / told only sluts

work for their money / so pretty you won’t have to work a day

in your life / told you only got one life & look at you out here

wasting it.