"Sewn," A Poetry Post

Oh my goodness,
I just love your hair.

How do you keep it like that?

You mean this style?
Girl,
this ain't even sewn in.

This is a weave 
on a cap
and I just
take it off
at night and
put it on a 
foam head.

My
black power
sunshine afro is
flat-twisted down and
sometimes,
I don't even 
gel down my
edges.

Then,
when I need a break from
decorum,
I take this thing off and
let my afro
kiss the sky.

I got a sister
on the islands that can
make you one
if you want.

-T. D. James-Moss