Dear White Girl
Rebecca Dupas
"Dear White Girl/I will always look amazing in these ‘genes’/I will always be the descendant of kings and queens/You will always exert energy pretending not to see me/And I will always know with certainty/
That you do...."
Breaking Up With Women
Rebecca Dupas
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We talk a lot about/women breaking up with men/But women are actually more likely/to break up with a female friend/And then less likely to make amends/with the women/They called “homegirls” and “sisters...”
100 Miles & Running
Rebecca Dupas
We treat text messages like warm hugs/We hold conversations like bodies/We make sentences feel like wet kisses/We love through the distance/We hold our attention for someone proven to be worth the trek/beyond borders and into different time zones/we are 100 miles and running....
Drippin'
Rebecca Dupas
"The same people you code-switch for use your everyday language to impress their friends/I heard Brad in the break room tell his team the meeting would be lit/Meanwhile, I keep getting praised for being articulate "