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Helen Mayer Jones

Posted inLit Issue 2019

Getting my hair combed

by Helen Mayer Jones August 8, 2019September 15, 2019

sat on the floor with my back leaning against mommy’s knees while she pulled the comb through my hair. Each time she pulled the comb, she pulled my head back towards her. ‘Ouch, it hurts’, I said.  I could tell that she wasn’t listening; I could almost feel her thoughts flying backward over both of […]

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