{"product_id":"9781462836956","title":"My Sister's Veil","description":"\u003ccenter\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eMY SISTERĺS VEIL\u003c\/u\u003e(a poem)\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eToniĺs Veil:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A beautiful face is never enough\u003cbr\u003e  To guarantee love, success, and trust.\u003cbr\u003e Torn and conflicted by what they see and say\u003cbr\u003e Maybe theyĺre right\u003cbr\u003e Itĺs better their way.\u003cbr\u003e They always win,\u003cbr\u003e So of course we would choose\u003cbr\u003e To perpetrate a look\u003cbr\u003e That will never lose.\u003cbr\u003e Iĺll just take it to the twelfth degree\u003cbr\u003e So it appears self righteously \u003cbr\u003e To be me.\u003cbr\u003e So bury the mirror,\u003cbr\u003e And who you really see.\u003cbr\u003e And bury the hatred \u003cbr\u003e Of  who you really be.\u003cbr\u003e Then itĺs easy to forget the grief\u003cbr\u003e And promise yourself \u003cbr\u003e You can become\u003cbr\u003e A respectable\u003cbr\u003e Thief! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eTerriĺs Veil:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Restless and young\u003cbr\u003e With nothing to lose.\u003cbr\u003e Thrown into your world\u003cbr\u003e Unblemished, unbruised.\u003cbr\u003e Ready to grow, and trust and learn,\u003cbr\u003e But guns fill your hands before you discern\u003cbr\u003e The value of life, community and respect\u003cbr\u003e A simple way to mask your intellect.\u003cbr\u003e Apprentice of self-destruction,\u003cbr\u003e A king with no crown\u003cbr\u003e Frustrated and confused,\u003cbr\u003e By the systematic run around.\u003cbr\u003e Yet a gnarly lesson awaits to prove\u003cbr\u003e Itĺs by your own hand\u003cbr\u003e You win or you lose!  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eTinaĺs Veil:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abandoned and ashamed\u003cbr\u003e Afraid and unloved\u003cbr\u003e I hid my pain\u003cbr\u003e As innocently as a dove.\u003cbr\u003e The Lord answers prayers\u003cbr\u003e So invisible Iĺll be\u003cbr\u003e Ĺcause my blllack and nappy\u003cbr\u003e Embarrasses thee.\u003cbr\u003e If only but\u003cbr\u003e For a genuine veil,\u003cbr\u003e Iĺd lose myself\u003cbr\u003e In self-medicated hell.\u003cbr\u003e But no need to worry,\u003cbr\u003e No need to fret\u003cbr\u003e Their Ĺyakiĺ hair and blue contacts\u003cbr\u003e Are easy to get.\u003cbr\u003e Spare not a dime\u003cbr\u003e For value and worth\u003cbr\u003e Designer labels and gold\u003cbr\u003e To our pride gives birth.\u003cbr\u003e So strut on high, and lively, and proud\u003cbr\u003e As you die slowly\u003cbr\u003e With a legacy\u003cbr\u003e Broken and loud!","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155629424880,"sku":"9781462836956","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462836956_p0.jpg?v=1763678949","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462836956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}