Wednesday, 15 April 2020

I can't cut my hair


First it was tourists in China
Then cruise ship with people on board
Now the whole world is upsidedown
Everyone wearing a scared frown

 Corona virus now with us
It cares not just who it will kiss
Australia's response was swift
As the virus with stealth did drift

 Face masks were worn but scorned by some
Gatherings were banned all over
Keeping safe distance was the rule
Mums worried sending kids to school

 We were again fighting a war
Covid 19 was the enemy
Some of us fight but some don't care
Barbers closed; I can't cut my hair!

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15 comments:

  1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade15 April 2020 at 16:13

    I thought hairdressers were classed as essential services! Or is that only in NSW? (Or are barbers not classed as hairdressers?)

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    1. Old Egg15 April 2020 at 17:36

      You are lucky then as our government applied this rule quite early along with coffee shops and restaurants.

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    2. rallentanda16 April 2020 at 09:35

      It's easy. You get a bowl ..put it on your head... and cut around it)

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  2. Sherry Blue Sky15 April 2020 at 16:16

    Ha ha, I so relate to your title, and this problem. I needed a drastic haircut weeks BEFORE the virus hit, so you can only imagine.......I loved this, Robin. It made me smile, and I needed to smile.

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  3. Magaly Guerrero15 April 2020 at 20:03

    Robin, I must read your poem to my Piano Man. He needs to know that he isn't the only one who can't cut his hair. Yesterday, he was talking about buzzing it all up.

    I really like how you shared the serious and the rest. It's a wonderfully accurate of the times--the world is a mess, but life keeps going (and hair keeps growing, too).

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-Wade15 April 2020 at 20:09

    Lucky enough – but I got a very short cut so as not to have to go out again very soon.

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  5. Gillena Cox16 April 2020 at 00:59

    Grow grow a ponytail will do🤔
    One of the new things you have to learn to do is cutting your own hair, Robin

    Thanks for dropping by my blog today

    Much 🌼love

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  6. Helen16 April 2020 at 08:03

    Love how you ended your poem .... thanks for the chuckle.

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  7. Magical Mystical Teacher16 April 2020 at 16:28

    There are many tribulations associated with this time of social distancing. However, he or she who endures to the end will be rewarded with...a haircut!

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  8. Wendy Bourke16 April 2020 at 19:47

    Love this! You've struck on something here (a haircut) that - in my experience - has come up (in phone conversation) more that just about anything else I can think of .. in terms of THE unconquerable self-distancing problem. Thanks for the smile, Robin.

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  9. Sanaa Rizvi17 April 2020 at 05:34

    Oh how I deeply and utterly relate to your closing line, Robin! I can't get a haircut either 💝💝

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  10. erbiage.wordpress.com17 April 2020 at 13:52

    its amazing how what isn't essential, actually isn't essential.

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  11. Unknown17 April 2020 at 16:22

    There's a 'backyard' hairdresser close by! Not sure I'd recommend her, but she was quite prepared to cut Ray's hair, until we found that we still have appts next Friday at the real hairdressers. Alas, I am not allowed to have my eyebrows waxed!

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  12. purplepeninportland.com18 April 2020 at 17:33

    Perfect, Robin. I try not to look at my hair in the mirror.

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  13. Rommy19 April 2020 at 04:33

    You lived through WWII and now this nonsense. I imagine there are quite a bit of parallels. My husband is ready to shave his all off just to not deal with it.

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