"I can hardly see you now/are you getting closer?"

[starfrosting]

growing up girls are always taught that if we
shave it it will grow back darker, thicker, coarser
so I stand in front of this white enamel mirror with my razor,
hoping this time Cosmo myths will help me cos I've
listened so diligently
but it's like dragging a blade over the skin of a peach
my fuzz caught red-handed ridiculous btwn the blades

* * *
may I just emphasize: not a poem. but i still felt inclined to share.

And now to go drink with Sharla.

Comments

[taxishoes.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Such a lie.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

I know. Seriously, like maybe if yr hair is bleached out by the sun and then grows out its natural color then it will be 'darker'...but goddammit, I just want some sideburns. Like not even full blown chops or anything. At this point I might be more-than-pleased with downy "does s/he or doesn't she?"
Which is not to say I'm not happy without them.

Not entirely mythical.....

[la-nena-ahogada.livejournal.com]

What happens is, when you shave, the pointy, downy tips of hair are lopped off, leaving a thicker tip with a flat top, it teporarily *may* look a bit darker, but the thickness/texture of the hair doesn't change. I don't know why I feel that this is relevant. I just can't sleep.