all over my head, nappy Motherland
kinky wild free like what black babies' hair
looks like when we don't try
to tame it with a comb
I like my hair wild except
you can't get a job with
it that free, and with me that
free, so rather than expose
how wild I can be, I braid
or lay it down, so as not
to scare folk--maybe so as not
to scare myself
© Valerie Bridgeman
May 6, 2013
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