Buzz-Cut!
My hair now cut militarily
Still grows on a peaceful head
These bristles which could give rise to dread
Guard the gourd of a very
Mild-mannered man instead to keep cool
Through firecracking summer days
Since I was a runty kid in school
The summer buzz-cut always
Brings back past lives which I remember
Boisterous boyhood memories
Of joys between June and September
A buzz-cut is one of these
Hot sidewalks! Hoses! Shells and smells of shore!
Sandstorms! Arizona August rain
Sizzling on the street! Flashback
To splash in a plastic wading-pool!
These are the things which can make time crack
Bright memories to which I now add more
Or just shine up the old ones again
Time dries away! September comes too soon!
Buzz-cut and ready: I jump into June
+Steven Curtis Lance
Copyright MMVI
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Fee
Lin
It too reminds me of my younger days
when summer came, so did the "Old G.I."
hair cut
Now I have just shave my head
it's much easier, plus I've lost most of it
to father time.
William
Peace