1. Early Intervention The smiles of the girls on the children’s relaxer kits told no lies. They were too happy to realize they were poster girls for the effacement of themselves. Being none the wiser we would sit there, still, watching our mothers mix dreams with a spatula; watching the mirror from under the eaves of our alkaline cream hats. We stared at the girl on the box, willing to be cleaned, even before sin, & as the soft, pink science got working, pleasantly tickling the skin, we waited until our blood-borne bonds would break just enough, perhaps, for all in the world that resisted us to straighten out. This is why I read. poetry. Because I know I’ll find myself. Somewhere on a page. And many others in ‘Quiet’. This was good. #bookstagram #booklover #booktrend #blackgirlsread #quietpoems #vondrasview #blackgirlswhoblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWhIX7pcuD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=