#barber
I sleep knowing,
I’m always close to the edge of death
I believe in the air,
never thinking much to count a breath
I sit comfortably in public,
not knowing the age of the chair
I accept a leader’s change,
never questioning if it’s actually fair
I ride passenger,
never wondering if the driver feels suicidal
I say amen as a crowd,
not knowing if the people even believe in the Bible
I lie, I cry, I love, I hate, I forgive, I resent,
I live to treat, but sometimes I need one’s care
But as a man,
I cannot cheat on my barber, when it comes to my hair.
Jan 26, 2025
Jan 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM UTC
In from the rain the barber comes,
and shimmies off his jacket.
His customers' hair
is already there,
waiting for him to attack it.
Swish! Slice! Snickerty-snack!
Face the mirror, forwards!
How ya bin?
Tilt your chin -
the hairs fall to the floorboards!
Dec 17, 2017
Dec 17, 2017 at 6:46 PM UTC
You won't believe what I went through when I went to a black man's barbershop.
He was a racist **** and when I left, I called the cops.
He forcibly strapped me in his barber chair.
Then that punk shaved off all of my hair.
As I looked at my bald head in the mirror, he laughed at me.
He laughed and said that I deserved it because I'm a ******
But he stopped laughing when the cops slapped on the cuffs.
He said that he didn't want to go to jail and I said "Tough!"
Feb 17, 2016
Feb 17, 2016 at 2:22 PM UTC
The barber asked "what would you like?
Quiff?
bun?
Mohawk?
slicked back?
side parting?
centre parting?
greased?
permed?
straightened?
skin head?
bald head?
spiky?
A comb over?
pony tail?
pig tails?
curly?
frizzy?
dyed?
mop top?
French crop?
blue rinse?
purple rinse?
step?
undercut?
shaggy?
dreadlocks?"
"No thanks" I replied
"I'll have a short back and sides and make it messy on top please"
Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 7:20 AM UTC