My Echo and Sister
...ME: Tell me my dear echo
With such garguantan appetite
Is my sister a Dino?
ECHO: No!
ME: How does she spend so much
On wigs and relaxer
ECHO: Ask her
ME: Can I keep up with her excesses?
Can...
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Categories:
relaxer, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Stereotype
...I was told I am a "typical black female stereotype"
I grew up without my biological father??... My uncle was my dad.
Despite this fact I am certain he his the best father figure anyone has ever had...
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Categories:
relaxer, art,
Form: Free verse
Paw Print
...Cafted in purity through the veins of the Serengeti
A writing based on a search for natural beauty
An enriched relaxer for the lion's mane and golden coat
Raindrops that burn black spots on an oth...
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Categories:
relaxer, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Afrocentric
...Africana, Serengeti kaleidoscopes
I painted with Zebra isotopes
My ethnicity abounds from my
afro follicles.
Black fruit with pink middle
My garden cultivates Nubian yokes
forever bound li...
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Categories:
relaxer, black african american, pride,
Form: Free verse
My Black Hair Isnt Love Enough
...soft
raven
jet 'BLACK'
short
puffy
afro 'BLACK'
thick
matted
tangled hair
unstyled
unkempt
headscarf
seals my 'BLACK'
thick
course
wavy
nappy headed grave
coil
curl
twi...
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Categories:
relaxer, america, beauty, betrayal, dark,
Form: Free verse
Back Surgery
...1 back injury
2 back surgerys
3 pain pills
1 muscle relaxer
1 depression pill
1 drop foot
1 brace to wear
0 dollars in the bank account
1 job lossed
26,000 dollars settled for
1 attorney w...
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Categories:
relaxer, lifepain,
Form: List
Pill Poppin'
...Bro, you tell me you got to get your wisdom teeth out.
Bro, I tell you you're gonna shake in pain, and cry and pout.
Bro, your response is you're damn excited about the pain killers.
Bro, I can't ...
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Categories:
relaxer, funny, me, magic, me,
Form: Burlesque