marXavian, Performing "Hair" at Word Therapy Atl

Here is a clip of me, marXavian, performing a piece I wrote entitled "Hair".

Hair

Long Hair don't care

From roots to end

Ending in extensions

Extending our value

Because long hair is beautiful

Even when the edges

Disappear...

Hair

Birthed from the crown

A long tedious relationship

Consisting of

weekly growth checks

for inches.

Reservations for weekly lineups

Maintenance of this prized possession

Historically associated

as a giver of strength, magic, and wonder.

A happily ever onward greased in a glob

of "Baby Don't Be Bald"

The Black appear fair

assessing good or bad hair

Black hair ain't always fair

And fair hair ain't always Black,

or brown, or blonde

from perms to presses, S curls and

gel pomade.

Even your beauty store

"shake and go"!

Hair is just hair.

Changing like seasons.

Ethnic hair ain't hair.

It's plush, kinky, yet strong.

Curls, rods, braids, and metal bars.

Twisting the perceptions of

how beauty appears...