When she was younger,
She skipped class and played truth-or-dare
In the woods with her cousin.
She jumped rope and won little competitions
About beauty and style…
She trimmed her eyebrows;
Obsessively,
Until one day, out of frustration,
She shaved them off.
It took her months to grow them back,
But when they did,
They were thick and lush;
Beautiful eyebrows,
She had…
She married a bad man
Who beat her
And strangled her birds with
The golden-handled jump-rope
She won in 10th grade.
When he did, she didn’t cry.
She just stared---
Nearly numb, except for the frown
That furrowed
In between her beautiful eyebrows.
She skipped class and played truth-or-dare
In the woods with her cousin.
She jumped rope and won little competitions
About beauty and style…
She trimmed her eyebrows;
Obsessively,
Until one day, out of frustration,
She shaved them off.
It took her months to grow them back,
But when they did,
They were thick and lush;
Beautiful eyebrows,
She had…
She married a bad man
Who beat her
And strangled her birds with
The golden-handled jump-rope
She won in 10th grade.
When he did, she didn’t cry.
She just stared---
Nearly numb, except for the frown
That furrowed
In between her beautiful eyebrows.
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