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I can no longer enjoy looking down upon those locks, those once silky, long, luscious locks that sustained your stroking, that absorbed your scent, that grew to the longevity of our relationship, carried like a banner throughout each journey. Now this nest is gnarly, dry, and unkempt from your lack of care, and since then mine. With scissor snips as quick as your departure, this too I leave behind. 11-4-19

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Date: 7/9/2021 6:50:00 AM
I really like this one. The simplicity and clever metaphor is powerful. Even the title. In your closing lines the pacing and alliteration choices are superb. And, of course, the last line fittingly says it all. I've waded through tons of love regrets poems but this one is the finest in recent memory. Kudos. Why it's ranked where it is, I have no idea.
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Date: 7/8/2021 11:57:00 PM
Beautiful Creations. Congratulations!
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Date: 11/30/2019 7:53:00 PM
Congrats on your winning poem Juliet
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Date: 11/30/2019 3:40:00 PM
congratulations on your win my friend :) hugs
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Date: 11/5/2019 6:45:00 PM
Sounds like you were snipping parts of your life..in the back ground. Lots of layers. I love that. Ann
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Date: 11/4/2019 7:08:00 PM
wow....powerful verse my friend...sometimes just cutting free is not enough we need to rid the reminders... hugs
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Juliet Ligon
Date: 11/4/2019 8:54:00 PM
Thanks for your comments, Sandra. I was reading that women tend to get a new haircut after a break up. Maybe it's for a change to become someone "new" or maybe to get rid of his essence upon it.

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