Perspectives Poem by Sheena Blackhall

When you’re tall as a beanpole, all you see is scalps
Bald ones, ageing ones as shiny as the Alps

Pony tails, side sweeps, short back and sides
Corn rows, curtains, natural and dyed

Comb overs, French rolls, head lice, wigs
Toupées, Mohicans pointing straight as twigs

Quiffs and tonsures, baseball caps
Dreadlocks and side curls, bowler hats

Afros, dandruff, headbands and lice
Gamin cuts, pixies, freestyle or precise

Backcombed, bouffant, permed or straight
Frizzy, trimmed or wavy, choirboy or ornate

When you’re tall as a beanpole, all you see is scalps
Bald ones, ageing ones as shiny as the Alps

When you’re very tiny all you see are knees
Walking past above you like a herd of trees