Phrenology

<p>they measure millimeters of bone</p><p>to tell us who we are</p><p>where we come from </p><p><br></p><p>the curve of my incisors</p><p>my orbital sockets </p><p>hold pools of blue </p><p>despite their shape </p><p><br></p><p>I am a mixed thing</p><p>with an under bite hiding </p><p>the gap in my teeth </p><p><br></p><p>I broke the extra bone in my foot</p><p>feet whose ancestors were removed </p><p>by hands whose decedents counterfeit art</p><p>in styles that were stolen </p><p><br></p><p>I am a mixed thing</p><p>who dreams in a language </p><p>I'm learning to speak</p><p>from a tongue that was colonized </p><p>at birth... </p><p><br></p><p>how will you measure me?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>