Skin

Told beneath me
Learned beneath me
Shown beneath the
Skin

Crayola
Mocha
Ebony
Label me
Boxing we
With closed eyes
I dare you to see
What lies beneath
The skin

They look to me
And give you privacy
Only Atlas could shoulder the world
And that was a punishment
See
Mythology
Of what it means
What is seen
Upon the sin
Skin

White
Yellow
Fair
Every term
A fallacy
A
Need to be
You
maybe even me
So
I guess
We'll never be free
Crossing lines
Outside our pictures
Complete;
From the moment
Out introduction to coloring begins
It's all about
Skin

Pink
Think
Brown
Down
Black
Always in the back
Last
Amongst the crazy and the cream
Dreams
And variations diffusing
To nightmares
As you've got to fit in
Your skin...
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