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Resources -
GLBT Week 2006
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 When I Look in the Mirror
"Look/See"
WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
YOU WANT ME TO SEE YOU
I WANT TO SEE ME
HAIR: STRAIGHT LONG SHINY & BOUNCY
LIPS: NOT TOO BIG JUST
PINK AND POUTY
SKIN: LIGHT YELLOW CREAMY
AND A POINTY LITTLE NOSE—THAT WOULD PLEASE THE MCDREAMY
LOOK/SEE
WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
YOU WANT ME TO BE YOU
I WANT TO BE ME
ROUND NOSE BIG WIDE-SET EYES
FULL LIPS THUNDER THIGHS
BOOTILICIOUS NOT ANOREXIC
NEITHER PLIANT NOR PASSIVE NOR APPROVAL-OBSESSIVE
LOOK
STRAIGHTFORWARD PLUS CONFIDENT DON’T EQUAL AGGRESSIVE
SEE
SYISHA AND ANFERNEE
DREDLOKS AND GRILLS
EBONICS AND BLING-BLING, TO YOU A BIG JOKE
WAKE UP GET A CLUE
ITS SELF-STYLED RESISTANCE TO YOUR OPPRESSIVE YOKE
JEZEBEL OR JEMIMA?
OPRAH OR CONDELEEZA?
JESUS OR CHRIST?!!
EVEN IN SEMINARY
I STILL CAN’T SHAKE FREE
LOOK/SEE
WE STILL WAR ON
PEOPLE WHO LOOK
LIKE ME TO MAKE
THEM
THINK RIGHT (WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE, WHAT’S MINE IS MINE)
LIVE RIGHT (IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT, YOU CAN BUY IT ON TIME)
LOOK RIGHT (WE DON’T HAVE TO COVER THAT AGAIN)
WORSHIP RIGHT (IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE LIKE I DO, THEN IT’S A SIN)
LOOK/SEE
YOU KNOW THE WORD—IT’S
HYPOCRISY
GOD LOVES US ALL, ANYWAY, WITHOUT A DOUBT
SO WHAT’S THE JIBBA-JABBA REALLY ABOUT?
LOOK/SEE
WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
I SEE GOD SHINING THROUGH
FILLING EVERY BLEMISH AND DEFECT
IN CHRIST I’M PERFECT
SO ARE YOU
AND IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU TO DO
© 2006 D. Regina Boyd
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