Aemilia Lanyer Was A White Girl

for Avery Young

And how could it be Amelia,
Amelia what’s her name,
what with Rose Flower herself—
yes Black Lucy herself,
IN COG NEGRO —
and her black wires all up in his word?
The dark lady is black! Black wires Black.
Colored ill black. More black. Blacker.
Blackamoor black.