The “Look”

a poem by Inez Tuck, April 2022

 

A Black Woman

Vice President

Supreme Court Justice

Actor

Entrepreneur

Professor

Nurse

Teacher

Engineer

Housekeeper

Attorney

CEO

First responder

Flight Attendant

And more!

The defense against

efforts to humiliate,

to demean,

to threaten,

to diminish.

The only weapon

to assert boundaries,

to counter hate,

to protect dignity,

to maintain grace.

Is the “Look!”

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