Fine pins flex fold float
in hair too heavy hefty.
Comb split into three tangled trapped fragments
fished out.
Hair gel of any kind.
Boyfriend jeans
slick stuck stretched over curves,
a gaping waist.
Salon highlights pulled pried prayed
through plastic caps.
Hair bleach of any kind.
Demographic surveys.
Samantha Jones (she/her) lives and writes in Calgary, Canada on Treaty 7 territory and is of mixed Black Canadian and European settler heritage. She is a literary magazine enthusiast and contributor with poetry recently published in Blanket Sea, CV2, New Forum, Grain, and Room. Find her on Twitter: @jones_yyc.