To
That Brown Girl in Sophomore Biology
I can’t stop staring at
you
sitting in the shaft of
sunlight
by the windows in Row Six
your nut-brown eyes, cinnamon-colored
skin
breasts still blooming
inside your supple silhouette
& even on the
molecular level
despite the fact your
cells are constantly replacing themselves
it stings to know they
are constantly extinguishing
like thousands of tiny
campfires on the beach
and according to
Professor Throckmorton
the entire topography of
your lush skin
will completely replace
itself in just 28 days
incredible –
just a month ago
your entire shell was a
completely different you!
You’re recreating
yourself without even trying!
Equally amazing and
intimidating is that somehow
I’m allowed by God and
Gaia to love each new you
just a little more than
the you before
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