Dancer after 'Girl Ballerina' by Yinka Shonibare I am buttoned, tailored, piped, the tight fit of the colonist’s clothes round my slim child’s waist. Net and frills, my costume’s a good girl’s party dress. Am I a welcome guest or a blackface clown? I give nothing away. I am a dancer’s body in little … Continue reading A poem by Imogen Forster