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Created on: November 07, 2009
Bleach Job
I'm the blue-eyed blond
with roots
that won't come white
no matter how thick
the cream is rubbed in
or squirted on
no matter how long
it stays there.
I'm bound in vinyl
pumped up
and spun round
for this special treatment.
Still the shafts
stand up black
from roots deep inside.
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