My T-Shirt

I am thinking about the parallels between a T-shirt that says

It’s a black thing. You wouldn’t understand

and

It’s a language thing. Let me explain.

There is a whole raft of things to say here about how the label “language poet” might or might not resemble the label “woman poet” or “black poet,” but you’ll just have to wait for the book on that one.

Meanwhile, I guess my T-shirt would have to say

It’s an Asian thing. I would explain, but I don’t speak English.