The Spinning Head
One day,
She woke up
And found that her head was spinning
“I have so much to do today!”
She said to herself
“What am I supposed to do first today?”
“Do I put my socks on? That can’t be that hard!”
She proceeded to try and put her socks on
She was so tired
Her co-ordination was all wonky
She ended up
Putting her socks on her head!
“Great. Now I can’t see!”
She tore both socks off of her head,
And threw them by her feet,
On her bed
“I need to wake up and pay attention!”
She thought this,
Then she put the socks
On her feet
“Finally, they are in their proper place!”
The rest of the clothes went
As someone would expect
When she got out of her bedroom,
She drank her morning coffee
And felt great
Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to affect
Her alerted state
Through the rest of her day
She was awake,
But in her mind,
She was still asleep
As a hairdresser,
She was supposed to cut
Hair perfectly
And make it look
Perfectly visually appealing
But she was just too tired
To want to do
Any of that today!
What happened,
Was that when she was supposed to
Cut hair,
She ended up making big, big mistakes!
What happened first
Was that she accidentally
Shaved
The middle strip
Of the entire patch of hair!
It was a total disaster!
She shaved her customer bald,
And this horrified
Her customer
“I want my money back!”
“Perhaps you can learn to live with-“
“No! Give me my money back, please!”
“I’m so sorry sir. I’m just not myself today. I’m very, very tired and weary.”
“Now I’m a circus freak!”
“Yes. I’m very, very sorry, sir!”
She did the same to a few of her other customers
Who yelled at her
And screamed her name in profanity
Scared, she wanted to walk away
But knew it was her duty
To continue her job
And give them
Nice, proper haircuts
When she went home,
She felt ill
The side effects
Of a day of stress
She sat down on the couch
And wondered to herself
How her day would have gone better
And how
She could wake up tomorrow
And not be
So tired and fragile-minded
“Boy, I really, really don’t like making mistakes, especially with hair like that!”
But then,
She smiled
After she ate supper
And went to bed
With a big, content smile
An her beautiful face
Because she knew how good
It would feel
To wake up
And feel recharged
In her next morning
And then,
She would be happy
That she would be able
To finally function properly!