Both Ways

Poem by Jeneen Garcia

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Some days my hair is straight,
Asian as my slanted eyes.
Most days it curls around my face
like waves of a tropical storm
in the country where I was born,
twirling like the helixes of DNA
that hold the code for how I’m made.
 
Most days I like men more, some days
I like women--though I equally love
biting into the hardness of one and
the softness of the other,
the way I like my popcorn and brunch
both salty and sweet, crisp
bacon drenched in maple syrup,
caramel crunch and sea salt
keeping my tongue entranced.