I Used To Enjoy
I Used to Enjoy
by Bob Moore © 2022
I used to enjoy the barbers
go for a haircut and a chat
talk about the football
politics and things like that
There usually would be one chair,
or maybe there was two
a few customers and the barber
who knew just what to do
Short back and sides was standard
the cut most of us had
not fancy, but easy to comb or brush
and it didn’t look too bad
But things have changed, as all things do
and whenever you may go
the barbers speak to each other
in a language I do not know.
They may be telling each other jokes
just like we used to do
“two cutting and three bagging here,
been a while since we’ve seen you.”
Or talking about the football
or the land where they were born
but I cannot join in with them
on this haircut Saturday morn.
I miss those haircut mornings
and now it’s just a chore
I listen but do not understand
don’t go much anymore
Bob Moore
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