Child in a Blender

Rebecca and Heidi

each  like their hair long,

one ginger, the other cinnamon.

Both like sports fields

and shopping malls.

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Diana likes her hair short,

but she likes her hours long,

spent in a cubicle or an office.

She also likes a distance of 26.6 miles.

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Jim learns to like his hair gray, then white.

He finds his home behind the microphone,

on a church stage,

or in a box at a basketball game.

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Dad likes his hair clipped twice a month

and he loves a couch in front of a tv.

Mom liked her hair the way we liked it,

and she loved places to put her feet up.

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I like my hair red and long

as the sun is warm,

as I follow its rays across the sky.