Solomon Islands: Jully Makini

Available for over a year

Civilized Girl Cheap perfume Six-inch heels Skin-tight pants Civilized girl Steel-wool hair Fuzzy and stiff Now soft as coconut husk Held by a dozen clips Charcoal-black skin Painted red Bushy eyebrows Plucked and penciled Who am I? Melanesian Caucasian or Half-caste? Make up your mind Where am I going- Forward, backward, still? What do I call myself- Mrs Miss or Ms? Why do I do this? Imitation What's wrong with it? Civilization