The Beauty Shop

From Kansas she fell.

But, then again, didn't we all?

Scared crow, she watched

her little bro-

ther hit by a truck.

In the 7th grade

It was made plain:

Learn the life trade.

They said, Even in hard times,

people, to feel good,

will go to a beauty shop.

Wed a handsome fool.

She was dumbstruck

at her ugly duck luck.

His pay was always thin

as she cut hair

in a kitchen chair.

So, he hammered some boards

for her to support

in the walled in car port.

The land said, You don't belong here.

But people, to feel good,

will pay at a beauty shop.

Here's when they got me,

someone's debris.

I should be pleased.

Placed in the shop play pen,

doing my doll's do

While mom did do-s, too

reciting Bible verse

to her customers,

like Mrs. Mesnier.

See, life's

dull and ugly.

Hide it. Deny it.

Go to a beauty shop.

Home's a shampoo and set

your ass in glass,

shoved through the egress.

Home's a cut, frost, and tint

that slaps your head red.

Say, Sorry I bled

Home's a permanent wave.

You grab her hand raised

 Say, It's the last day.

OH, life's

tragic and ugly.

Feels like family,

life is a beauty shop.

Now it sits empty.

Never thought I'd see

TERROR on it's knees.

No, ma! No, ma!

Noma Hope.

No more hope.

I dream of painting those walls

and changing it all

to beautiful.

They say,

Especially in hard times,

people, to feel good.AH

go to the beauty shop.