Limerick Ode To Long Gray Hair
Dominique Browning poses an excellent question in her New York Times essay Why Can’t Middle-Aged Women Have Long Hair? Well, I believe they can and should, if they’re so inclined:
Limerick Ode To Long Gray Hair
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I’m writing in praise of long hair.
If you think I’m too old, I don’t care.
And if short is the “norm”
At my age, won’t conform
To such ageist opinions. So there!
UPDATE: Happy Hairstyle Appreciation Day! (April 30th)
Tags: Ageism Humor, Aging Limerick, April Holidays, Dominique Browning, Gray Hair, Hairstyle Appreciation Day, Long Hair, Middle Age, New York Times, Non-Conformists, Odd Holidays
Madeleine has long wavy hair
covering clever wit lurking their,
which easily shows
when she pertly throws
out wry rhymes for issues unfair.
Grow your tresses just as you see fit,
What impresses, is what’s under it.
For as Shakespeare once said,
When it comes to the head,
“Many men have more hair than wit.”
Nothing more lovely than long, graying hair
Don’t let fashion mavens put us in a snare!
We can choose what we likey
Long and loose or short and spikey
We have a confidence they don’t dare!