I'M Not Just a Girl
the term China girl
reduces me
to nobody
defines me
by my skin color
singles me out
as a misfit
it strips me
of all that I am--
poet
college graduate
the “it” girl
the beauty and brains
which matters not
to you--
in your world
I’m only a girl
with no worth attached
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