Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
We need to talk about hair
The stuff that covers the human body
The stuff that everyone knows
From the tops of our heads to (in some cases) the tops of
our toes
That’s how it generally goes
Yes, we need to talk about hair
The stuff that can be dark or oftentimes fair
Of how it goes in a cycle through life
With little to start with when we’re born
Then growing and sprouting and flourishing
So we spend fortunes on shampoos
And conditioners for nourishing
Cutting and styling and shaping
Plucking and singeing and shaving
We’ve developed the knack
For back, sack and crack
A devious desire to dazzle
Perhaps even a cheeky vajazzle
In an orgy of depilation
A whole industry that’s addressing
Our copious needs for hair-dressing
But that’s only the upward trajectory
Of hair’s growth and our vanity
Before the onset of insanity
As towards old age we’re spinning
When fading and falling and thinning
Create a look that’s no longer winning
But that’s what happens up on the head
You start losing it faster instead
And also down there below
You’ll find it’s starting to go
But there’s an exception to this general moulting
That some find personally revolting
When the orifices of the head
Start to take over instead
For there can be no doubting
About the range of new sprouting
A new flourishing that fills
The eyebrows, the ears and the nostrils
But I’m willing to bet
It’s not finished yet
It’s just the same hair that you get
Simply looking for a new outlet
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