This is how you twerk

Naudia Williams

 

This is how you twerk

 

You leave behind the body of shame

 

Cellulite
back rolls
and stretch marks

 

Are the holy trinity your future husband prays to

 

You shake

 

Until God herself anoints your ass with leggings and a six piece mild

 

You twerk yourself into video vixen or poem

 

You let your art imitate your life

 

You twerk up a storm thicker than Katrina

 

All the honey buns and cupcakes have brought you here in peace

 

You let that sweat drip down your brow

 

You shake until tears no longer fill your face

 

You shake until you forgive yourself

 

You shake until window shopping negros don’t matter

 

You shake a monkey so vicious
The gates of hell will not prevail
your twerk
Until Chicago finds peace
Or a new mayor which ever comes first

 

You twerk
You work
You bob that back and break back like chiropractics
Don’t exist