Can hair have that much of an effect on its audience? I say a resounding yes! Hair can haggle for you, give you a halo, create hoopla, and bestow you with hallowed stature. Good hair is the crowning touch on good personality, good looks, and good fortune. Take Marilyn, Jackie, Diana. All dead, but while alive, possessed drop-dead dos that defined them. Their legacy is much more than the hair that was on their heads. Let's be frank though, when we think of these women, our thoughts return again and again to the stuff that framed their iconic faces.
And I too, return again and again to my haircutter, because she always comes through. And today was no different. A few flourishes with her trusty scissor rendered me irresistible, at least for the afternoon. It's mathematical. I had the world on a string, not a heartstring, but a hair-string. My upper region contained a natural affinity and openness for people's deepest emotions and affections. People were heart-whole, and hearty to me, me, the heartwarming heartthrob (I'm now out of "h" words). People reacted differently to me; even people who don't particularly care for me. I ran into a former colleague that was never that into me, in fact, I downright disgusted her for whatever reason, and yet today, she was all smiles, hugs, and warm utterances. Her persistent glances were fixed on my gleaming coat. Hark! It was then, that Robert Palmer's fantastic song came to mind, and its lyrics mischievously triggered an internal soundtrack "How can it be permissible/compromise my principle/that kind of love is mythical/she's anything but typical/she's simply irresistible/the trend is irreversible/the woman is invincible." That's me New York. You might hate me all other days, but this afternoon, fess-up, you loved me. I got under your skin. Now, I just have to stay there.
So well-written, composed: no scissor would presume anything.
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