The glistening of sunlight upon the pate,
is not so much a follicular challenge
as it serves to demonstrate
a follicular abdication
as the hormones re-arrange
to prove the superior state
of follicular proration,
that razors duplicate.
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I casually mentioned a ‘follicular challenge’ to a man who responded that it wasn’t so much a challenge as an abdication, and thus, a poem was born… 😉 For what it’s worth, I highly endorse the natural state over wigs and surgeries. Shine that pate with confidence, and damn the ads that prey on insecurities!
Shawn L. Bird 
abdicated my own hair 25 years ago when I started losing it…been shaving what hasn’t fallen out ever since…
My hubby leapt to the shaving when his started to recede, but then I talked him into letting it go back without drastic measures. If the “Bruce Willis Look” becomes necessary, then fine, but it was a premature over-reaction on his part. He still has TONS of hair. I can appreciate the need though, I have another friend who was in a tonsure by 30 and shaving is great for him. Much better than his dad’s toupee!
This hit close to home because I’m losing my hair. No longer do I look like my photo which was taken 12 years ago when I was younger and healthier. Menopause, stress, being sick and worry actually caused my hair to come out so last month I cut it down real low. Every time I look at my college graduation picture I wish I could go back in time to when my Crowning Glory was so thick and long that it was down to my butt. However I’ve aged and time has taken it’s toll on me physically. I really hate the Change of Life.
Well, as you may have read in my ‘boiling in my skin’ poem http://www.shawnbird.com/ouch-2 from Friday, I can relate to changing life. My dad’s hair is still pretty thick at 98 though, as was his mom’s in her 80s, so I hope that my hair will stick around. It’s the least it can do, after turning white when I was barely in my 30s! lol
Dear Shawn…I must ask, because either option has its worth, do you mean
razers or razors?
Ha! Good catch. I have some editing to do! 🙂
Love the poem! I only wish I could be as sanguine (or bold) about my own follicular abdication. Maybe when it gets thin enough I’ll have the courage to shave it all off and give the old dome a good shine. (Not so easy for a woman to pull off in this society.)
2 words: Sinead O’Connor! 🙂
2 more: Persis Khambatta
I have to say, though, that personally I think I’d have a wig collection that would rival my shoe collection (I already have small collection, for dance and theatre) and I’d have a lot of fun messing with my students by wearing a new colour/style every day. 😉 I’ve been recently intrigued by wool wigs made for kids with pediatric cancer. I’d wear one of these: http://hairflairforhope.org/ or these: http://sincerelylouise.blogspot.co.uk/
I aspired to have hair long enough for it to turn gray. But that spot in the back and the expanding forehead grew closer and closer. I promised myself I would get rid of it all at some point as the bare spread itself. I’m in the midst of a few months of shaving the whole thing. Why, because it’s easier than dealing with the expanding patches. I can’t imagine rogaine or toupees. It’s the natural progression of things. Why stop it?
I am, however, struggling with the regular shaving. 🙂
I have trouble with ‘regular’ most of the time.
Here here! Loved the little pate poem.
🙂
I nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Here is the link:
http://anshu2koolman.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/the-sunshine-blog-award/