Don't mess with my hair.....*smiles*

 

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so it started out innocent enough
a bit of curiosity, i presumed
a question of when i last cut
my furious locks

oh i don’t know
i’m not fond of someone
standing with scissors over my head
a little joke

you know you really ought
to cut “that hair”
"that hair?"
what's up with "that hair?"

i don’t want to cut my hair
simple, honest reply
not the outta my face reply
that is slipping off the tip of my tongue

well, you know, as you get older
(ok her ten seconds of bravery here
are gonna get her killed)
you ought to have a shorter “doo”
(soon your gonna have a shorter life)

really? well, i don’t care for short hair
on myself that is
it’s not me

but your hair is a bit long and . . .
go ahead, say it mz. manners . . .
it's a bit curly . . .
cut the crap . . .
it's curly wild and uniquely unstyled
unkempt
uncouth
and i look like the unblessed come in from a raging storm
i'm still smiling

a shorter “doo” would be more
appropriate
dignified
for someone your age

MY AGE
DIGNIFIED
you are basing my dignity
on your critique of my hair
i don’t consider that fair
or reasonable
you're float'en on half-a-bubble, lady
and i'm about ready to pop the other half

it is not my nature to claw
so i make another minor attempt
at humor
my students love my hair in the wind
wacky hair, they like to say


humor ignored
i’m broadsided by another blow
why do you do you always
wear jeans?
so you want me to jump right into a pair of polyesters
to dignify my age

they’re above my belly button
so let’s not go there
clench teeth
walk away
while i’m still laughing
and she’s still breathing


jeanne rene 7/03