Troublesome curls

another look in the mirror

and i decided i looked wild

not just coz of my contact-

lensed eyes, kohled and lined

and shadowed-quite an act ,

but my irregular tresses

were playing the passport

to wilderness nests.

no way out but

a hair-cut

and i went,

full of hope, eager

to shed mass, add layer

or step or fringe an oomph,

a chic pageboy or a dixie pixie.

history repeats

nauseatingly, hmph

and i emerged

poorer, shorn of curls

but still looking wild,

not just coz of my contact-

lensed eyes or my unruly curls,

it must just be me,

refusing to be tamed.

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