Her skirt was short & excuses are grossly long

Her
body has been built
to shrink & expand
to produce & to nurture
to feed & starve

His
hands find asking permission
to dock & settle on what is building
to be grayish.

She
has had to apologize for her skin being
too consumable & their color blindness

He
has not had to apologize for thinking
everything seen is up for consumption.

Eve
is always blamed for consuming the apple

Adam
likes to say the apple made me do it.

Frankie A Soto is a 2x winner of the Multicultural Poet of the year award from the National Spoken Word Poetry Awards in Chicago. His (New York Times) performance called him an absolute force. He’s been featured on ABC news and has traveled all across the country featuring at Universities, Colleges & high schools touring/performing and running workshops. His manuscript 'Petrichor' was a semi-finalist for the Hudson Prize with Black Lawrence Press & currently is in the final round of judging for the Sexton Prize with Black Spring Press in London