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RYAN BROWN, Pencil. Courtesy of Y Gallery, New York.

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“BLACK WOMAN WITH THE BLONDE WIG ON” by Miguel Pinero

Dedicated to those magnificent black women & their blond wigs

Black woman with the blond wig on
you’re living an illusion.
Think that head blanket
bought from macy’s on a lincoln sale
will make the residents of forest hills
lay out a black carpet to their blond streets
because you have some blond horse hair on?

Black woman with the blond wig on
are you playing James Bond in blond
secret agent in charge of repression
congo blood?

Black woman with the blond wig on
is it your greatest desire to appear on t. v.
welcome to I’ve got a secret
commercial?

I dreamt I ran through the streets of Brownsville
in my maiden form wig
and no one noticed my skin.
Now back to our show.

Black woman with the blond wig on
please tell the panel your secret.

Black woman with the blond wig on
can you imagine yourself on to tell the truth
with three blonds on blond
and you’re black on blond
commercial?

Free, slave, black, twenty one, and blond.
If I have but one life to live
let me live it as a blond.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program,
with tonight’s special guest, the black woman with the blond wig.
Will the real woman with the blond wig please stand up?
Did you think you fooled anyone?
What’s that you say?
Oh, I’m sorry
you no longer have a blond wig on.
Oh, I see
you’ve bleached it blond.
Yes, that does make a difference.
All right, all right,
black woman, with the blond, bleached hair
I am not trying to put you down.
All I’m askin’, you see, is what I truly want to know
is, do blonds have more fun?

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