Showing posts with label hair cut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair cut. Show all posts

Hair Cut

somewhere in the background 
music from a radio 
burbles away - I tune out
to the shadows of the hairdressers actions
projected onto the white walls below the mirror 
playing out in front of me
the snip of the scissors flying around my head
the lovely caress of the comb on my scalp
the light tugging of my hair as the hairdresser prepares for the next snip

the shops lights shine brightly on the chrome foot rest of the chair
as the sound of the rain enters the shop through the open front door
cars whoosh pass
splashing through puddles
as the buzz of the trimmer 
on the hard-to-get-to bits
around the back of my neck 
send shivers down my back

there are noises from the seats where the queue is waiting
out of my vision
it sounds like a young child
eager to have his trim
bringing back memories of my childhood hair cuts
sat on the uncomfortable wooden bar the hairdresser put across the arms of his chair especially for children 
raising you up so he wouldn't have to bend down
there I was all wrapped in the oversized cape they cover you with
sat, worrying I might loose an ear with all that snippping 
sharp scissors darting here and there at speed - snip, snip, snip!
worried that my classmates will laugh at me when they see my haircut
wondering if he was ever going to stop snipping!
parents looking on smiling with approval 
saying how smart I looked - I never thought so
I never liked smart - and I still don't!


Hair cut

What'll all my mates say,
When I get back to school in September,
With my hair cut short!
"Skin 'ead",
"Baldy!"
they'll all shout!

Why did I have to have it cut so short Dad?
Everyone is staring at me,
They're all laughing at me!
I look silly, I look weird!

I'm gonna hate going back to school now,
I'll be a laughing stock,
I'll be the butt of everyone's jokes!

Oh no! There's Amanda Potter!!
She's gonna laugh her head off at my silly hair cut Dad!
She's never gonna talk to me again!

Why's she smiling?
Why's she coming over?
I've just had a hair cut and I look stupid!

"Hi Tom; lookin' cool I see!
See ya back at school!"