The Last Time (Poem)

when was the last time
a mannequin had an expressive face
behind the mask?

behind the blank
glossy-eyed barrier
of a window glass?

when was the last time
you saw a black man
stand strong and unashamed
with his dark, holy features,
center-framed in a bleached-out world,

fully aware of being
the blurred-out version
of his true self?