Lifeline

Instead of calling the suicide hotline, you make an appointment to get a haircut: you know that your sense of responsibility won’t allow you to stand up your stylist. From my collection "The Eden of Perhaps". NOT written during, or related to, the pandemic.

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 4/26/2020 1:17:00 PM

Creative and imaginative - the lock down I think is worse for the younger than the older. Very sad, but this isolation has unfortunately got to many people and the statistics will rise to greater numbers when (please God) we get through this horrific time of our lives - I love your poem, Agnes. Blessings, Jennifer.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 4/26/2020 5:55:00 PM

Thank you, Jennifer. It's an older poem and doesn't actually refer to the pandemic, but I can see how it could be read this way, and mental health issues are definitely huge right now.

Anthony Biaanco

Date: 4/25/2020 6:55:00 AM

fantastic..one of your very best anthony

Agnes Krampe
Date: 4/25/2020 7:41:00 AM

Thank you, Anthony.

Jan Allison

Date: 4/25/2020 6:07:00 AM

a thought provoking piece Agnes, sadly at the moment there are no hair dressers open and I've read of people committing suicide over the limitations of lock down - we've had several suicides recently - both relatively young men:-( hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe
Date: 4/25/2020 7:41:00 AM

Thank you, Jan. Yes, for people struggling with mental health, this is a horrible time, because at the same time people are dealing with the tremendous stress and anxiety, they also have no access to their support networks and coping mechanisms.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/24/2020 10:24:00 PM

Hilariously true! Save a life. Get a haircut!

Agnes Krampe
Date: 4/25/2020 3:35:00 AM

Thanks, Caren. I can see how the poem reads as hilarious in today's situation, but it's not a funny poem at all