My Queendom for a hair clip,
plastic gizmo that I prize
as my hair in the wind whips
in my mouth and face and eyes.
My Queendom for a hair clip,
though I cannot see to search
I think I know right where I left it
so off I weave and feel and lurch.
My Queendom for a hair clip.
Here it is, hey wait what huh??!!?
Hope I don't skid or skate or slip
And smack my forehead, falling, DUH!
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for Sunday Muse # 158.
And then I could feel no more
ReplyDeleteNice write, Shay. All for want of a hair clip
I think lot of us will be wanting her down
I am guessing that most times the hard way
What a fun one this is Shay!! I love the thyme and how I can so relate to this at least when my hair was longer. LOL Wonderful!!! I love it!!
ReplyDeletethat repetitive opening line on each stanza is a classic -
ReplyDeleteMade me laugh. It's the way it is these days, eh?
ReplyDeleteJivin' to Leon Russell, now that's what I call a good Saturday Morning .... with a hellava poem to match!
ReplyDeleteI loved your humor ---- and Leon put me in a happy mood as well!
ReplyDelete"Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
ReplyDeleteAnd I will stand the hazard of the die..."
We were on a guided tour
Deleteof Bosworth Field,
quietly but fiercely fighting
as the tour guide clanged on when
you dropped your hair clip
in the dirt
and I accidentally stepped on it
my heel on Richard's broken crown.
Your hair unfurled –
a Tudor banner
you knew would carry you
to victory
Seriously, I would be lost without my hair binder.
ReplyDeleteHurray for the small things that give some control! And, ugh, I can feel the tilt in the phrasing. :)
ReplyDeleteYay! Let's hear it for the hairclip realm! ♥
ReplyDeleteA little Leon Russell... the perfect complement to this piece. Too often I've done the weave-feel-lurch routine, looking for something while I drive.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the Gordon MacRae video ~~~~ I remember listening to him on the radio, watching him on TV and saw one of his films, can’t remember which one ~ I remember that voice!
ReplyDeleteExcellent response to the image Shay, funny and surprising — well written.
ReplyDeleteHi Shay — funny… 🙂
ReplyDeleteOh this made me smile!! Love it!
ReplyDelete'For the want of a hairclip her balance was lost." Or something. A fine, funny response to the prompt,
ReplyDeletea poet up on a highwire, Ferlinghetti would be so proud =)
ReplyDeleteOne of my all-time favorites. He passed not too long ago, unfortunately.
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