Attention all females
from "K" through tenth grade
this is just a reminder
that Grand Junction’s
Caprock Academy
has not
and does not
and will never tolerate
such flagrant floutings
of gender norms
like shaving one's head
and then re-entering
our fine school
sans pretty hat or wig
even if said shaving
was performed
in a show of solidarity
with a cancer-stricken friend.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
