Hair Cuts

October 26hair cuts,sarah's salon,ocean springs

I am thankful for hair cuts. Not that I really enjoy them but I do enjoy the benefits of not having long hair that gets in my eyes and in the way. I usually wait until I can't stand my hair anymore to go to the barber or "hair stylist". It may be 3 or more months between visits so I get my hair cut pretty short when I go. Then I have to wait it out until the hair is long enough again to be comfortable and presentable. I know, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it minimizes my trips to the barber.

There aren't that many old style barbers anymore, so I generally go to a hair salon. I haven't been there, but my nephew Michael Martin, is an old style barber in Nashville, Tennessee. He does soothing hot shaves as well as old style haircuts. It seems to be a rather trendy thing, this retro experience. Of course, just like everybody in Nashville, Michael is also a musician, but went to training for this, a long time dream.

This is a salon that I happened upon in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, "sarrahssalon". I thought it would be a good photo for the hair cut theme.

hair cut

shaggy

the state of my hair

can’t seem to see through it

to the outside air

getting in the way

of smelling and eating my good food

every other bite

is full of hairy morsels unviewed

then they gag me

and cause me to choke

it messes up my dinner time

this is not a joke

always having to move

the hair off of my face

guess it’s time for a hair cut

time to go to that place

i suppose if there was justice in this world

my hair cuts would cost much more

but i’m glad they don’t charge by the pound

of the hair that hits the floor.

© rt tulley