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The Creamy Lye
by Sharon Harvey Rosenberg
Don't slap
My head
With that
White lye
I know the truth:
It's creamy crack
(my private addiction,
a six-week fix)
straightening my roots
with the cool press
of sodium hydroxide
It's a relaxer
leaving me
tense, my head
on fire
melting, melting
under chemical burns, plastering
my scalp with scabs
(my private track marks,
a six-week fix)
shedding and oozing.
Don't slap
My head
With that
White lye.
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