BARBIERE

 

Vincenzo   though your secret’s safe with me
I believe you are a man of many wigs   –
How is this so?

“To have one’s ‘hair’ appear
Entirely natural

Requires artistic rotation   –   so you see
‘Freshly barbered’   –   ‘growth’   –   ‘hirsute’   –   ‘abandon’
When‘re-styled’ the cycle starts again

You only must remember this   –
To make the game substantial

Be observed to carry a black comb
Containing a slight smattering of dandruff

Such is easily acquired   –
Though I still enjoy our conversation   –
It is the only reason now

I patronise this barber

 

 

Bernard Saint
Illiustration: Claire Palmer

 

 

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