Time was when I wanted to dye my hair blue or green or purple but my hair was too dark to take a dye. Now it’s good and grey and I can dye it any colour I like, purple by choice. Though the poem is about someone else …
PUNK HAIR
I walked by the teens 
at the cornerstore
with their hip-slung shorts
drooped tank-tops
wondered if they knew Matt
who punked his hair like theirs
no one in the family
saw it as different
until he asked us
to his wedding
first published in the Southern Ocean Review
photo by Andrew Weston
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