Sunday, July 20, 2008

Long-Haired Child

When I go outside to mingle in the snow
My head looked like a globe
Ain't no hair on it at all
Do I buy a wig?
Should I grow a beard
And comb it upwards
And around my ears?

When the snow it hits my temple
I want to rush home
Put on the kettle now
And warm my little brain
And bald head
I'm too cold to know if I'm alive or dead
- Devendra Banhart


Illustration by Shel Silverstein for the poem "My Beard"

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