Phrenology

they measure millimeters of bone

to tell us who we are

where we come from



the curve of my incisors

my orbital sockets

hold pools of blue

despite their shape



I am a mixed thing

with an under bite hiding

the gap in my teeth



I broke the extra bone in my foot,

feet whose ancestors were removed

by hands whose decedents counterfeit art

in styles that were stolen



I am a mixed thing

who dreams in a language

I'm learning to speak

from a tongue that was colonized

at birth...



how will you measure me?