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The Art of Shaving

January 27, 2014
By cookietime BRONZE, Greenwich, Connecticut
cookietime BRONZE, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Before I had a boyfriend
I shaved my legs in the shower
As an excuse
To stand under the pounding water seconds longer

And I wielded a razor
With the little skill

I gave up on shaving that lower part of my leg
After weeks of band-aids and blood on the bathroom floor
I didn’t think anyone would notice the hair
That might protect me from Paris’ arrow

Today, I dip my head downward
Looking at the pointed dark hair bowing toward my nipples
Letting my wet hair drip onto my small breasts
(Pushed up by my folded arms)

Dusted with dark Jewish hair
I curse my ancestral roots for my genome
Vowing to erase the vicious arrangement of DNA bases

To be womanly.



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on Aug. 9 2015 at 7:07 pm
Iamagingersonowyoursoulisgone BRONZE, Highland Park, New Jersey
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This is truly beautiful! Honestly, I have the darkest hair of everyone in my family and everyone else has light hair that looks fine not shaved. My hair's still red but my leg and pubic hair is much darker, making my leg hair glaringly evident. I'm also the most petite in my family, and my cousins make fun of me for being "frail" and "weak." But I honestly love having small breasts. I wear sports bras every day and unisex t-shirts with jeans or shorts, and I love how they never get in the way. When they started growing in, I hated them with a burning passion, but then I discovered sports bras. I've also decided to stop shaving my legs. I feel that I no longer have to deal with all of this. If anyone refuses to love me because of my leg hair, well they're not worth loving back. Anyway, great job! I really needed this it was beautiful