Synthetic Braids and Dreadlocks and Black Power Fists
by Sabrina Dawkins
Fast-food, mass-produced,
fashionable TV Black Power
delivered with McDonald’s
hot greasy fries.
Become Bob Marley quickly
without the sacrifice
wearing synthetic dreadlocks
or African braids
poisoned by artificial hair
to mimic European strands.
Your enemy is not convinced
you have an actual plan.
The Black Power fist
has become the sign
of agents of chaos.