Table of Contents
Foreword Hanif Abdurraqib
Dust 3
Father / Daughter 4
Auribus Teneo Lupum 6
Jasmine, Wherever 8
I Turn the Volume Down Because Beyoncé Says Fuck While I Drive My Daughter to School 10
We Make a List for the Grocery Store Because I'll Forget 11
Vaccine 13
Biology 14
Pack 15
Found 17
The Boys Ran Past and the Flowers Never Grew Back 19
Shelter, Meaning Other People 21
Catch and Release 22
It's Tuesday and We Didn't See Any New Shootings of Black People by Police Today so It's Possible We Are Fucking Tonight, Maybe 24
A Day After a Fight, My Wife Puts on Her Face While I Drive Us to a Party 26
Anatomy of Dap (i) 27
Bully 28
Tonk 29
There Is a Shame 30
Even Though I Love You More Than Anything, That Won't Stop Them From Killing You 32
Anatomy of Dap (ii) 33
T'Challa aka The Black Panther Has Seventeen Poems About Being a Father 35
All Apologies to Nas 36
Call the Gospel by Its Given Name 37
The Homeowners' Association Won't Let Us Grow Blackberries in the Backyard 39
Wildlife 41
The Street Lights Watched Most of Us Make It Home That Night 43
Blackest Night #6 (2010) 48
I Say Cathedral When I Mean Gunpowder 49
New Year's Eve Party at Eric's House and the Black Boys Have Had Enough 51
Anatomy of Dap (iii) 52
My Wife Is Shaped Like 54
Grey / Gray 56
Three Parts (Black) 59
On the Night That the Cleveland Cavaliers Win the NBA Championship, My Father's Phone Goes Straight to Voicemail 61
Inheritance 63
I Might Be Wrong 65
On Trespassing 66
Brand New 68
Still Can't Do My Daughter's Hair 69
Gigi 71
