An Ode to Blackness Jahmali Matthews You overwhelm ignorance. In absence of light, fruitful Blackness, your code conceives a spectrum evoked from your stealthy image. Diverse creator of whole complexions behind packed melanin: Complementary pigmented shades with the ability to command prints and patterns to bend beneath a capable beauty. You sign with heavy hands. Unsung artisan, forging treasured features. Your delicate craft beams enduring detail. Invaders insisted you captured the symmetric perfection of machines— Black bodies. You measure revered wingspans, welded, struck into sinews. Industrious artist, sculptor of thick lips. You apply pressure to widen noses, stretching cheeks full over bone. Your work shines complete. Versatile Blackness, your boundless aptitude remains ingrained, sewn with kindred thread. Strands extend, uniting a concealed legacy under armored skin. Bright Blackness, your essence, resilience, ignites the dusk.
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