Alongside his brother,
As a barber’s apprentice,
Joseph dug up the dead
To learn cutting hair
In Belgium
During WWI
After the Germans
Invaded France
Inventing trench warfare.
“Their hair and fingernails
kept growing
in the grave,”
Joseph said.
With tears in his eyes,
Joseph talked about
Cutting Marilyn Monroe’s
Hair before and after
She became famous.
He didn’t believe
She killed herself.
Joseph was in his eighties
When he first cut my hair
Lasting more than a decade.
He saved Scientific American
For me to read.
At ninety,
Joseph was more alive
Than people half his age.
While cutting,
We talked
Swapping war stories
Mixed with life’s laughter.
Many of those stories
Joseph gifted
Still live in my head.
We are shaped, if we are lucky, by the Josephs in our life.
A moving tribute, Lloyd. The corn silk that passes for my
hair is trimmed with loving care by a pretty woman who speaks
to me of the places she's been. I tell her about the small
talk I have with the gulls I meet. -gene.
Very touching write about a dear man. A man determined to arise from the ashes of war. Well done Lloyd, a beautiful tribute to a deserving man and friend. Love and hugs Bonnie
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Be always safe,
Karen
A moving tribute, Lloyd. The corn silk that passes for my
hair is trimmed with loving care by a pretty woman who speaks
to me of the places she's been. I tell her about the small
talk I have with the gulls I meet. -gene.
A gentle and wise evocation of a man and a time and a place, a rich biography.
John