GENETIC

(Inspired by Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA”)

By Farah Lawal Harris, 2024

i know how you work, i know just who you are,

a leech tryna suck the glow up out of me.

don’t you know it’s genetic,

flowing through my bloodstream,

infinite supply you could never deplete?

the last one who tried to bite me

ended up biting themselves.

when you try to fight me, you fighting yourself.