Status: This is a verse novel. Warning: Involves abuse.

Invisible

Someone noticed

My sister is home;
she stares at me for a
full minute.
It seems my haircut
really does make a
difference.
I'm not invisible
to her
or Eve
anymore.

(and maybe not to
Evan
either.)

"Jackie,"
she says evenly.
"What have you done?"

I shrug.
"Ever the silent one,"
Ivy mutters.

"Hey Dave!"
she calls to my brother;
he looks over.
"Look what she's done
to her hair."

He looks at me
for the first time
all afternoon:
"It's just hair."

Ivy sweeps past me,
mutters something she
thought I can't hear.

But I do hear it:
"Let's hope Dad has the same
opinion."