the doctor clips
a few strands of my hair—
the adrenal fatigue test
I think about all that stresses
my gray head
(not so many now that my children are fledged)
it’s their turn. Still
thoughts of hair seize my brain
(not just the mineral deficiencies the test might show)
but candidate Trump’s coif
floating over his head
like a gold hairball
(WHO has hair like that?)
Or like his devil-
interlocutor, Megan,
her honey tresses and
the talented stylists who make hair
their calling (card) and fortune.
Oh style
and the making of a President
while really
it’s Boeing and Lockheed Martin
dictating our future
such a three-ringer
(circus): the Hawks’ war path
and the Republican guardians for coal plants
I stress
over the rising tides in coastal cities and
the killer storms (my kids in Norfolk and Miami)
American politics: it’s just entertainment and imagine
what the Europeans must think of our clowns
I await test results
and wonder about the cure
Kit Zak lives in Lewes, DE. She’s an activist who has published in various journals and anthologies.