Tale Behind Tails (cont’d) |
For a long time now
the boy wears a tail
It started off when he was little
when life began in the USA
Boys wearing tails
Not quite an acceptable norm
especially for the elderly in the family
Home is a temperate place
the tail helps to warm the neck
these lame words help to fend and shield
The fact is
home is where the cacti flourished
at northeastern reaches of the Sonaran Desert
So for many years the tail remains
And a special attachment blossom
between mama and the tail
Then one day
the little boy murmured
‘Mama I want to cut my tail’
A request so plain and simple
All it took was a snip from the shears
Off goes the few inches
Off goes the tail
Off goes mama’s unrequited love
And all that remains
is mama’s tale behind tails
Note : I just gave Malcolm a new haircut a week ago and as requested by him, I snipped off his tail.
4 responses to "Tale Behind Tails (cont’d)"
guess u wil be keeping another tail for your second one, i love that u write with such nostalgia! keep writing!
At least you have got a chance to ’see’ the tail grow, take shape, before the little owner requested to snip it off….
My request was NEVER granted, not only from elders in the family, but EVERYONE in the family….*sigh*…. not even a short one was allowed…
Did you toss it or save any of it?
man.. he really wanted it snipped off?? haha.. is he already conforming to the ‘norms’ of our society? tat boys are not to have long hair? tat got to do with anything happening in sch? classmates? teachers?
i ain’t gonna snip that tail off… not until sch regulates it. not until i have to. for their tail.. i think mummy still decides…
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