[Poem-a-Week] Foxy by Dee Allen
You never forget your first Infatuation. Mine was the big thing Decades before Other honeys Entered the picture. Soul Cinema action queen Did her own stunts, Did her own Afro, Wasted no time Kicking ass on the big screen. First of her kind. The baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit town! Mine had no issues Getting grindhouse Balconies and seats Filled on Saturday nights in the 1970s. She made the scene as Coffy, Friday Foster, Sheba, Baby— Foxy! Superbad! Outta sight! Was a rebellious prisoner 3 flicks straight: The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage, Black Mama, White Mama-- Foxy! Superbad! Outta sight! Battled the Romans in The Arena As the gladiatrix Mamawi, Stuck it to The Man in Bucktown & Foxy Brown-- Foxy! Superbad! Outta sight! She booted down the door, so many more could pass through: Tamara Dobson, Teresa Graves, Gloria Hendry, Jeannie Bell, Vonetta McGee, Jayne Kennedy-- Foxy! Superbad! Outta sight! Her deep brown eyes Met the male gaze From pictures, seemed to say: “You can look at me, but respect me—or else.” Of course, I was a small, twiggy boy [ “The Starvin' Biafran”, as my cousins called me ] When all this happened. Black America Had a stone cold Love jones for that foxy Mocha tough mama from the movies And I was no ways immune. You never forget your first Celebrity crush. Have no fear! Pam Grier is here!
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