Chubby the Barber confirms online.
“Your appointment is at 11 am,” notes the email.
“This spot is reserved for you.”
“Please be prompt.”
Chubby the Barber is no longer there.
Retired, deceased, snipping and shaving
In Maui?
The new Chubby is Ariana.
She is not chubby, my spouse reports.
He has brought her a half-wreath
Of lengthy, wavy, silver locks,
Which have followed gravity and mostly,
Now, reside in the vicinity of his neck,
Where they lend a touch of brio.
She shears them short, shorter, shorter still.
She’s careful in her work.
He’s pleased with her attention to hygiene.
Lacking vanity, he’s pleased with the
Utilitarian results.
He’s more comfortable now.
I am glad he is comfortable.
Time is on the side of brio,
I tell myself—and smile.
Annie
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How right you are . . . though the loss brio does take a minute to absorb.
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Absorb—then move on! Thanks, Denise.
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At least the non-chubby new Chubby is apparently as capable as TFC (the former Chubby). Once the hair starts becoming a half-wreath, vanity is hard to keep up — utilitarian maintenance is the best we can hope for.
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Oh, I’m not sure about that vanity bit, Infidel. I’ve seen lotsa men with bald pates and long gray ponytails. And who am I to question their sense of style? A chacun son gout!
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This a a clever, and fond poem Annie, the observation is very astute.
Good work
And I just had my own haircut this very morning 🙂 (Though with me, it’s keeping an unruly hedge under control)
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Thank you, Roger. Now I’m picturing my Welsh friend in the countryside—indistinguishable from his surroundings—except, perhaps, for the color.
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😂. Yeah that’s close.
Although my tendency for dark clothes and hair now quite white with give the impression of snow on that hedge.😀
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Perfect!
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😀
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I always had a Nixon beard and had to shave twice a day, a warriors task. I only had my haircut once a year though and when I retired shaving took a new schedule. The wife hates the beard and learning is always new I found a shop run by two lovely Asian women and learned of a thing called a shave and a haircut. I’m on a biannual schedule and am wishing for a shave but I’ve had an afro since the sixties and it hasn’t bloomed yet.
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There was a shave and a haircut ditty when I was young that doesn’t bear repeating, Richard. I don’t know how an Afro that’s cut once yearly fails to bloom. Perhaps it needs more nourishment.
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Like a young cabbage, not ready for harvest.:)
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😊
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What a great piece Annie. Haircut day for me tomorrow but sadly no Chubby the Barber to go to!
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Thank you, Matthew. Well, if you ever cross the pond, I’m sure we can arrange for a visit with Chubby the Barber’s successor!
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A fun glimpse into a haircut. I’m imagining the wavy, silver locks growing back in time for winter.
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Thanks, JoAnna. They’ll be back with brio before the summer solstice.
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That is just lovely-thank you!!
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Thank you, ali! I’m so pleased that you thought so.
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Well done Annie!
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PS. Now if I could only write a poem about my too short bangs! You’d think my hairdresser could remember how I like them?
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Like the brio, the bangs will return as you like them! A witty friend once said of another hair experience that sometimes goes awry: “If there’s one thing about permanents…it’s that they’re temporary!”
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Thank you, my friend!
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