And What About The Children - Audre Lorde

Now we've made a child,
and the dire predictions
have changed into wiled
grim
speculations;
still the negatives
are waiting
watching
and the relatives
keep right on
Touching...
and how much curl
is right for a girl?
But if it is said
at some future date
that my son's head
is on straight
he won't care
about his
hair
nor give a damn
whose wife
I am.