Hair Like She Wore It
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| (c) Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott |
a right to dye her hair green
since her grandmother declared
since her grandmother declared
alien status from another planet.
And when she grew up, she dyed it pink
And when she grew up, she dyed it pink
and the public school questioned
her ability to be a foster mother.
her ability to be a foster mother.
And once she shaved it off;
no water at the hatchery barge,
no water at the hatchery barge,
said salmon slime stuck in it,
got tired of picking out the scales.
Now it’s long, down to her butt
where she flips it back
so it doesn’t drag in the toilet
and the tourists she shows around town
where she flips it back
so it doesn’t drag in the toilet
and the tourists she shows around town
politely ask to touch her “Indian” hair.
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