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Dark wavy threads fall.Slow motion bouncescrossed along your collarbone.Turning the other cheek.Curls ironed. Hair sprayed.Coughs like a virginmouthing cigarettes.Twenty-four. Clumps escaped under the radiation mask.Papier-mâché projectsrecalled from Spanish class.Adios to days when pig tails were yanked.Dad honking from the driver seat.We wait for the last strand to freeze.Assortment of styles and shapes.We should not know your scalpso well. Burned like hell.Full body makeover to come.Too real for TV. Every episode watched by me and sis.Since we were five and three.
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