Mary Ayetey

MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR

My hair is like a sunflower.
I used to have leopard hair—
blonde hair red hair pink hair purple hair.

But bleach is a bad idea and I looked bald.
Now I have longer hair,
and I think about having shaved hair.

I just look like a bad woman,
bad abs. My hair like a dragon,
like an Egyptian dragon online,

an African savanna. My hair is like
into the night, shows like moonlight.
My hair blooms dawns like twilight.

Reprinted from The Ghosts I Know, Cow Tipping Press, 2024.