Homo Sapiens probably thought
it was pretty damn clever,
killing animals for their fur
but evolution is a funny thing.
It decided that warmer humans
didn’t need their own hairy coat
under this new regime.
In my teens, an uncle,
hairless before thirty,
blamed his use of Brylcreem.
I gave it up immediately,
massaged my scalp every day
to increase blood flow.
It may be an urban myth
but I read somewhere
that wearing tight hats
leads to baldness.
That also seems logical.
Lately, as the cold wind filters
through thinning thatch on autumn days,
I have decided to buy looser underwear.
Fab last line! Nice rhymes, too. Is that why you used ‘thatch’ instead of hair?
Ahem. Do you need the last line of the penultimate stanza?
OK. Maybe I’ll lose the line. Also maybe ‘can lead’ rather than ‘leads’.
Hilarious!! Made my day.
I’m playing devil’s advocate – do you need the first stanza? It is difficult to keep saying “I like this” and sound sincere. Maybe we could have a star system.
Hey, now you mention it Sarah… the poem could start at stanza 2. Martin?
Reluctantly, yes, I agree (unless I expand the poem and dwell on the external a bit more to balance it)
BOOSH! Snip snip – by the short and curlies it ended up on the edit room floor