Expressionism

Evolutionary appendage and remnant
made for crop and twist,
tint and trim
plait and shave,
the ultimate home-grown
no-censorship-allowed
weapon of mass communication,
the ageless ‘I am!’
resisting gravity
and given to selective union,
fluid subverter
of ‘be this and nothing else’
refusing to stand to attention,
bending
but not at bidding,
made for statement,
objection and affirming.

[inspired by the photography of Natalie Soysa and first published in The Nation, March 11, 2012]

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