Tagged: hair
with twin azalea
with twin azalea
blossoms tucked into her hair,
mom summons us home
.
20220401:1636
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in the middle of
in the middle of
every haircut, there is an
opportunity
to go shorter, no, even
shorter – have hair, will travel
.
20210928:1912
y
more pepper, less salt
more pepper, less salt
is our refrain for noodles,
jelly, hair, and life
.
20200824:1645
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start with a full set
start with a full set
of hair, they always insist, as
if the artist would
highlight anything displeasing
to a distinguished patron
.
20190211:2136
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: patron
between here and there
back when we used to
back when we used to
exchange letters, everything
was more – like meeting
in grand central this november,
recalling the length of your hair
.
20171210:1637
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time stands still with a
time stands still with a
fan brush – just lightly blend it,
one hair and some air
.
20160605:2128
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there’s a new haircut
there’s a new haircut
feeling about loss –
how, even after days or
weeks, you are learning
to re-recognize yourself
in the mirror, and stray
snippets keep loosening
and falling off
when you shower,
blow-dry, each a
memory
to be washed down
or somehow recovered
.
20140527:0901
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a haircut is
a haircut is
always nearly
new, undeniably
changing the
subject, extending
the same words
.
20130810:1955
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somewhere across
somewhere across
the top of my
head, on the
surface, the cells are
re-evaluating,
calculating, and
taking data points
back to the rest
of the body –
lighter, lighter,
not just how much
but so much
lighter
.
20110906:0827
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