I look in the mirror today
and see my hair that I’ve
been combing and
brushing back for couple
of weeks and letting
air dry
I’m surprised at 80
that I still have a full
head of hair with no
balding
I’m more surprised
at how bizarre it looks
like Christopher Walken’s
hair style way too high in
the front
I always wear a hat
when I go out
so it doesn’t matter
when I’m in public
but I don’t like my
hair looking freakish
long on top
It’s not like I’m
back in the greaser
60s
I’ll have to cut it
soon
I’ve been cutting
my hair successfully
for 40 years
When I was living
in Vermont 40 years ago
I saw a book in a library
there with instructions
for cutting your own
hair
I said to myself then
that I could do that
Fortunately I was right
and I’ve been cutting
my hair for 40
years
and people I worked
with were always
surprised at how
good it looked
for self cut hair
But I kind of
don’t feel like
cutting it yet
Besides, I live
alone and no one
is going to see my
top heavy hair so
to borrow from a
song in the sixties
I guess I’ll just
let my freak flag fly
for awhile.
Bob Boyd