#193 ‘Shaved’
the boys arrive with haircuts today
heads half shaved
ears on display
tufty leftovers
last rat tails
sometimes one side still down
over one eye
the boys have haircuts
that make them new
and suddenly better
at games,
at smiling,
at preening
and touching
the tops of their heads
blind with curiosity
about what has happened
to them
Ha. The haircut, tonsorial torture when I was a youngster in the 60's - before I guess self-image got somewhat changed.
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