for my birthday, my hair was cut off
he wound
his hand
through the
length
and with
one stroke
too smoothly
sliced it off
at the root
and it fell
snip
snip
snip
furry little patches spawned around me
faster than the bored gum-chewing girl could sweep them away
(don't worry. i wont say - i wish the years it took to grow
could be cut away so easily. i am everybody's cliche
but i haven't yet stooped so low)