Sonnet for Overall Mother Asia Allure by A. L. Reid

If the world ended and what was left needed air

to breathe again, a new life after salvation —

if above all else, grace was required to live on, somewhere

there would be Asia’s LSS, lush green with provocation.

Come On and Get You Some More, like a salve. You know the clip!

When her dress was too short to hold despair, her hands urging

to exchange hurt for ecstasy. She vogues cunt like 2,3,4. Pose. 5 and 6, dip —

so we don’t forget, some Legends are not a myth, but a call for emerging.

And if the world sought more evidence that resistance is needed

for new expressions, we have only to see Asia versus Jenovia, Kam Kam, or Jasmine

to know that tender moments are urgent and requisite to feel seeded

for new worlds — necessary to feel unafraid of cunt creating openness within.

We need Asia to live on, like water, her vogue harbors sincere

provision, sustaining forward embrace. The Right Direction is no fear.

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A. L. REID is a self-taught Black nonbinary poet and educator from Virginia. They hold a degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and primarily writes to explore Black queer liberation and to pay homage to queer ancestry by commemorating our leaders in sonnets. Reid is currently working on a forthcoming chapbook, “Cunt in a Box” that uses the House Ballroom scene as a means to reflect on the journey toward self-regard.