Cross Dressing.
from the porch of my
suburban home I have watched
hip-hop
once distanced at sight---
now strolling along the lines
of what defined and confines
white culture security---
straddling the likes of
p. diddy, outkast, and jay-z---
bedroom walls unfolding scrolls
that deem tupac and notorious b.i.g.
as the icons of the new
allegiance my children
have pledged to---
right hand on heart---
off my sons and daughters go
cross dressing in the street culture
from head to toe
Mark Anthony Thomas
Copyright © 2004