just some thoughts

sorry i haven't been updating this thing. but here is something i wrote:

"types"

i have a friend here who only likes black grrls.

she told me this, awkwardly,
in the smoky club where we sat down
waiting for the others to get back with
their drinks. "it's something about
the afro," she smiled, trying to pass it off as a joke.
i was silent, just drunkenly looked at my shoes
anxious for time to pass.

my friends also say i have a type,
i'd like to think its self-conceited
and emotionally not there, although
it would be more realistic to say
race and gender neutral- but only
"in that sort of way." i wish i didn't
have a type, but i am all too familiar with
how my heart skips a beat when i get a glimpse
of dark curly hair, thinking maybe this one,
maybe this time.