\n

I say \u201cDo your worst! Bring your scissors to bear!
\nWhatever goes wrong, in the end its just hair!\u201d
\nBut under the surface, not hidden too deep
\na growing concern is starting to creep<\/p>\n

For this pixie-haired stylist will want to converse
\nAnd I don\u2019t have material, no lines I’ve rehearsed
\nMy brain\u2019s running circles. Do I look down or at you?
\nAs you study my locks to decide what to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow short do you want it?\u201d you casually ask.
\nAnd confidence falls off my face like a mask
\n\u201cI don\u2019t really know. I guess just a trim.\u201d
\nMy answer is useless, the details are slim<\/p>\n

So you make your decision, and act as my proxy
\nAlone in your quest to make me look foxy
\nA slight perspiration emits from my glands.
\nWill my pompadour fibers be safe in your hands?<\/p>\n

Again, you try vainly to strike up some banter
\nBut my social anxiety takes hold like a cancer
\nClearly you\u2019re nice, but I can\u2019t quite connect
\nSo I ask pointless questions or try to deflect<\/p>\n

Part of me doesn\u2019t know how to respond
\nThe other part asks \u201cAre you naturally blonde?”
\n“Jesus, who asks that? Was I raised in a cellar?
\nWith conversational skills like a young Helen Keller?”<\/p>\n

I said that out loud?! Mocked a national treasure!
\nMade a disabled joke in a sick, desperate measure
\nOn your face I see judgment framed in the mirror
\nCan you see that my choices are driven by fear?<\/p>\n

But then there\u2019s a change as we race toward the finish,
\nMy deep-seated dread dares to diminish
\nFor I watch as you trim, tickle, tussle and tease
\nThe choices you\u2019re making abate my unease<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you like it?\u201d you ask in conclusion
\nMy smile, ecstatic, my response, effusion!
\nDespite all my fears, my missteps and blunders
\nYou\u2019ve seen past my flaws, shaped a diamond, worked wonders!<\/p>\n

As we saunter on back to the counter to pay
\nMy mojo is back and I know what to say!
\nBut then in a flash my spunk is deterred
\nWhen I see the red sign that says \u201cCash Tips Preferred”<\/p>\n

I fumble and fidget and look for some green
\nThere must be some cash that I\u2019ve stashed in these jeans!
\nNope, not a dollar, a buck, or a bill
\nJust a visa, an amex, and coffee card, still…<\/p>\n

I want to explain and show that I care!
\nbut when I look over you\u2019ve refilled your chair
\nSo, I slink out the door, my lunch hour through
\ntil the next time I’ll visit and disappoint you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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