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Love Your Head

i smell the shampoo
in your hair
i feel the ridge
you've had
on your skull
since you were a kid
something you're
self-conscious about
you joke about
shaving your head
but you worry about
how it would look
what people
would think
either way, i say
i would still
give you
kisses on the head

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Good poem.
Unique wording of a ubiqutious feeling .
Everyone can relate to.
Not sure about the name.
Flow and composition is good and balanced.
Maybe instead of either way you want to say something more affectionate?
Maybe you would love to kiss the soft bristle of the shaven head embracing all the goofiness, cutness and smells?

IRiz

thanks, iriz. I agree, the title was a bit sterile for the content of the poem. made a change!
greg

author comment

My pleasure

IRiz

At first glance I was taken a back. Breathless is the only word I can come up with. Brilliance with a taste of salt in your mouth. The moving of words. Further halfway down was incredible to this magnificent piece. Lastly I will savor every word that was written in this simplistic piece.

Mario Vitale

thanks, chevyvent!

author comment

a good pep up poem greg to turn a blemish into a hallmark...the very fact you have chosen to write about it shows your sensitivity to life around you...

i think you can delete the you in "but you worry about"
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raj (sublime_ocean)

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