Revised 13 ways of looking at Brown Skin

Brownbirds or the nine heavens

Tasi

He makes
the brownbird
girl his bitch. She's looking for
flowers but finding only
weeds. Detached
until he wants
to warm himself on
her heated skin.

Lua

Brown skin banana.
They grow up so fast.

Tolu

I can't tell the difference between
rain falling onto
white skin

or brown skin.

Fā

A coffins special power.
push brown to grass.

Lima

What? I can't succeed
because I have brown skin?

I didn't say that. You did.

Ono

Secret sufferings and hidden agendas shadow
the brownbirds fragile mind.

Fitu

purple pictures trace
the outlines of his
fist
on her pipi brown skin.

Valu

Lanu     enaena
Manu   enaena
Palu      enaena
Valu(e) enaena

Iva

Thirteen brown skinned boys
lined up against the wall,
           Can you identify the suspect mam?
    Oh I don't know, they all look
the same to me

And the memories and scars
and lives stay irrelevant
as they wear their

same

Brown

skin.