Appropriation better cease / Letter it

Inspired by Sol Blackwood

Ayahuasca, bindis, cornrows,
Día-de-los-Muertos, empanadas.

Flirty genies, head-dress,
illicit jazz, kung-fu.

Locs, minstrels,
native-fashion-
sans-consultation.

Othering,
prosthetic-acting,
queerwashing.

Rap-pretenders,
sage-smudging,
the-target-symbol.

Unilaterally vilify
white xenophilia-
and-acquisitiveness.

You-gotsta zappit.

[Hallowe’en meets Día de los Muertos image from Pexels Free Photos]