Musings: Kinky in High Demand
Call me black Yes, I am dark And you seek my tan all summer So I still tick Call me ancient Yes, I am historical And you plundered artefacts from forebears So I still tick Call me weak Yes, I am work-in-progress And full of rare strength that you hunt So I still tick Call me backward Yes, I am late-in-coming And I see no-go-tracks from your mistakes So I still tick Call me traditional Yes, I am ingenious And I create pieces you may not dare So I still tick Call me failure Yes, I am learning And I don't like succeeding at wrong work So I still tick Call me laggard Yes, I am steady And I like to navigate my own lane So I still tick Call me useless Yes, I am valuable And I know where my usefulness counts So I still tick Call me coward Yes, I am thoughtful and wary And I choose battles I always win So I still tick Call me kinky Yes, I am natural And I love the curls you like to copy So I still tick Call me misfit Yes, I am an outlier And I stand on ideals I conform to So I still