crowning glory

When she was a kid

Mother made her wear a bowl

When she cut her hair

Her friends called her helmet head

She learned to love hats instead

©2018 Annette Rochelle Aben

22 responses to “crowning glory

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  2. Still chuckling, Annette, lovely!

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  3. Haha, the infamous bowl cuts 😄

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  4. Very humorous! Very nice!

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  5. I think that is why hats never lost their place in fashion… lol!

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  6. This is such a cute poem, Annette.

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  7. I had a few of those haircuts! There were times when I seriously needed a hat!

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  8. LOL!!! Well, when I was really young, my mother used to tie a bit of my hair in such a way that it looked had i had mushroom growing out of my head, ha ha!!!

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