Fuck I’m Priceless!

imported sperm            
shipped into ova        
packaged in uterus        
delivered premature        
because “Time is money!”        
45 unreachable cures in an umbilical chord banked        
we’ve got pharmaceutical politics        
to thank        
even blank checks are tanked.        
It’s Cancer!        
       
I am a product of my environment        
I am product        
Label says “Authentic”        
thought someone lied when they sold me        
tried to mold me        
swore I was a clone        
because all us “Niggas and spicks look-alike”        
right? 🤬        
scanned to see my worth        
Fuck, I’m from this Earth        
       
“PRICE CHECK”        
recall on minority        
her voice box wasn’t programmed to say anything more than “yes master” , “si está bien boss”        
       
Recall on front right pocket        
stitch open bigger than minimum wage pay space        
said I’m the wrong race        
“batteries not included “        
Shit, their’s energy where I’m rooted        
Watch me move        
       
It’s like they made me        
Because they had to        
like prisons and false promises        
       
it’s like they paid me because they had to        
like financial aid and affirmative action        
but we are not just a fraction        
we are fundamental        
       
and I don’t need one pitiful ass day a year to celebrate my heritage        
to dance to drums that shake my cartilage        
your permission to travel on my pilgrimage            
My beliefs are boundless!        
       
I am a Product of my environment        
I am a powerful provision        
       
My mother’s womb marked fragile        
but I grew strong and agile        
       
some babies        
marked “damaged”        
put in dumpsters        
labeled “#metoo”        
some ladies        
can’t wait till birthday to open presents        
so gifts are taken away in abortion jars        
and it tares me into pieces!        
Trying to remain cohesive    
       
We are blood and life!        
not color and strife        
in your Stars and Stripes        
       
marked “imperfect”        
because I’m light skinned and Latin tongued        
Marked “imperfect”        
Because I am woman and love women        
Marked “imperfect”        
Shit I am perfect        
 
I’m top shelf        
Go fuck yourself!        
I am priceless!        
       
IG:  Nourish_Cruz