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Post-Haircut, Written in Twin Cinema
​Katie Wang

my old self is returning                                               I am afraid of
dark roots spilling from sunburnt scalp                   the past and the future
flattening into the yellowing pink                              of the now
ends, split into two                                                     frail portions of somebody
unrecognizable                                                            changed
I blink and                                                                     it’s time
the black waits for nobody                                        I’m beginning to look familiar
again                                                                             I think
I wish color would not fade                                       too much
so I didn’t have to learn                                              to love
these variations of                                                       myself
the brand new                                                             me
 
                       soon enough I’ll get that goddamn haircut
                       and maybe it will be the one that I love,
                       this time.

Katie Wang (Pitzer ’24) is a poet with an affinity for greenery, figs, and Hello Kitty.

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