All hail the first
Black girl of this
Modern era
Who showed how
Fashion and moxie
Always work together.
Who gave looks
And self
Pouring through our
Televisions, reminding
All the girls that look
Like her
We were always
To be seen.
Ugly?
Tuh!
We don’t know her.
Before Dionne
And after Carmen,
And Joesphine
And before Beyonce–
There was Lisa.
Reminding us
That pretty and Black
Always go together.
-JBHarris, 4.17.2023

I Breathe Fire 