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Ecce Femina


I am the woman whose
Hair is on fire.

I'm screaming:
"Help!  My hair!"

Passersby do look
My way.

Some of them nod.
Some of them say:

"There goes a woman whose
Hair is on fire."

Then they keep looking
Away.

© 2008 Peggy Landsman
 Published in Contemporary & Literary Horizon; Red Owl Magazine; and Taj Mahal Review

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