We have no place that we can claim without contention

We are constructing a whole new edifice of boxes to put people in

To protect a space inside which you can exist

Very concerned about giving names, giving names

Dissatisfaction seems like the natural byproduct of identification

I truly believe that people who define you control you

And the most significant thing that any person can do

But especially black women and men

Is to think about who gave them their definitions

And rewrite those definitions for themselves