until the whirlpool
no longer spun
when my showering time
was done.
no longer spun
when my showering time
was done.
Then I bought
some Liquid Plumber,
but that was then,
when I was dumber.
some Liquid Plumber,
but that was then,
when I was dumber.
What happened next
caught me unaware
when “several strands”
became a hank of hair
caught me unaware
when “several strands”
became a hank of hair
and, I realized that
soon I’d be,
as bald as that cueball –
proverbially –
soon I’d be,
as bald as that cueball –
proverbially –
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
it came a-calling,
and showed me that
my hair was falling
it came a-calling,
and showed me that
my hair was falling
here and there,
without a doubt,
revealing parts of
my pink scalp.
without a doubt,
revealing parts of
my pink scalp.
So, off to Beautyland
I went –
’twas the best ten bucks
I ever spent
I went –
’twas the best ten bucks
I ever spent
to have it shaved
all silky smooth.
And now my baldness
is my groove.
all silky smooth.
And now my baldness
is my groove.
So, one bright day
if you should see
a cute, bald chick,
well, it’s just me.
if you should see
a cute, bald chick,
well, it’s just me.
This chemo stuff
is quite perverse,
but all in all
it could be worse.
is quite perverse,
but all in all
it could be worse.
If the toxins chase
my cancer away,
then I’ll stay bald
for a thousand days!
my cancer away,
then I’ll stay bald
for a thousand days!
© Candice W. Coghill, October, 2011
As prompted by "Poetic Asides":
Writer's Digest-Robert Lee Brewer-Wednesday Prompts - "Disguises"