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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (284)12/14/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Robert Douglas Hickey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1582
 
Wild-Haired Romantic

More than once
I was a wild-haired romantic
long locks constrained, to be freed
at the most dramatic of times - in a
wild wind, over the sweet face of a lover.

Several times
I shaved my head
bald as a bristly egg
freeing myself from mirrors
social constraints, shampoos.

Looking back
at photographs
of my old, younger selves
I see a me free of convention
unconstrained by the mundane.

Now
approaching middle age
constrained by dress shirts, ties
dark suits, in my mirror I see hair curling
around my ears, seeking to be free - time for a trim.

Robert Douglas Hickey