so you can say it?

So what are you?

What does that mean?

So why don’t you just say Black?

Well you don’t need to word it like that

So where are your people from?

So you can say the word then?

C’mon say it

Y’know, Ni-

Why not?

Are you actually Black or not?


santino llorens

other poetry

A correct way to look at a sculpture - yvette shu
Desperation of the night - britney lu
dreaming of rainy day phonecalls - sophia ma
going home - emma liu
masterpiece (a message to the critic) - Caitlin Delgado
hot singles in your area - green tea
so we danced - emma liu
the “death“ of a black “man” - Santino llorens
the gingko tree - 216.66 (Pai Sinpatanasakul)
the hunger of the ground - santino llorens
then I saw a wonder - dr. cantwell
this is not a quiet voice - priscilla centeno
times gone by - Vienna (Jackie Shugert)
WE WERE PROMISED GREATNESS - 光头强
you remind me of a jazz song - kenny clay