Oops! Said the Barber.

Oops! Said the Barber.

"Oops!" Said the Barber...

Then the customer cried...

"You've cut it too short!"

He said right away,

Going on to contort,

"What a mess! Disarray!"

Anyway, the Barber then spoke...

"Hey Mr. Grouch! To you I convey,

I haven't betrayed,

Not at all I do say!

You sit here and whine, while me you survey,

When I haven't an ill trait of mine to display!

I've put up with you, to this very day,

Never once leading astray,

But now I give way!

You're downright rude, so please don't stay,

Leave here, begone now, you got it? Okay?!"

The man replied...

"If I may, I have many friends,

And it may seen cliche,

But I'll name all of them!

There's Ray, Clay, Bray,

May, Kay, Shay,

Janey, Renee, McVey,

Hongwei, Jaquay, and O'Shea.

I apologize for the delay, Mr. Barber,

But in the U.S.A.,

If you make my hair stray,

Which cannot be sprayed,

So it will not stay,

But instead sway,

YOU, I do not have to pay!

So I MAY disobey, got it Jose?"

So the man left, to buy a toupee.

Background: The inspiration for "Oops! Said the Barber" came at the duration of receiving an unfavorable haircut. I had to deal with short, unpleasant hair for five miserable weeks while I waited for it to grow back. After receiving this haircut, I began thinking of my distasteful experience and decided to write out my feelings in comical poem form. The only significance of this piece is that the characters feelings mirrored my own at the time... There is (obviously) NO particular rhyme scheme or meter. A majority of the end consonants rhyme with each other, though the overall effect is relatively choppy. I actually posted this on my main blog page (http://discoverdomostria.blogspot.com/2010/04/oops-said-barber.html) a while back.

Basics: A man receives a poor haircut by a barber one day. The barber reacts indignantly by stating that he has never made a mistake before and the man has no reason to be angry or rude. To this the man reacts by telling off the barber and abruptly leaving the barber shot. Oddly enough, both the characters speak in rhyme. ;)

I apologize that the piece for this week isn't that impressive... When I wrote this piece, it took me all of twenty minutes from start to finish (including proof reading!) to organize the work to where it was in a satisfactory state. I chose this piece for this week because I've been bogged down with exams... When I post on the 5th, I shall have a better piece to share.

Thank you for reading!

Feel free to comment and criticize. I welcome all feedback.

Most sincerely,

~Jacob P. Hartges