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> > HAIR BY RUFUS REDINECKI
 

This is dedicated to my daughter and every young Persian woman who has lamented to her parents the tortures of plucking, cutting, shaving and waxing!

 

Men with pasty white skin and ice in their genes,

From Europe’s far north had forever dreamed,

Of fantastic beauties, old legends did say,

Lived in a kingdom in a land faraway.

 

It wasn’t much after I’d turned seventeen,

That my blood grew so hot that I thought I would scream,

I couldn’t just sit and wait anymore.

Were these beauties for real or just old Nordic lore?

 

So I boarded the first ship heading away,

From the ice and the snow that I’d lived with each day,

While sailing the sea I met an old man,

Who had traveled the world and seen many lands.

 

I asked him one night to search his old mind,

Had he heard of this place that I wanted to find,

Did he know of this land-had he heard any news?

In a rough raspy voice, he whispered “Hormuz!”

 

I didn’t know then what he meant with that word,

So in anger I screamed “you’re a kooky old bird.”

With a twinkling eye he looked straight at me,

As he uttered the words, “Hormuz is a sea!”

 

'The place which you seek is as real as can be,

It’s a magical land that borders that sea,

It’s true what you’ve heard of beauties so fair,

They’ve got rosy red lips and lots of black hair.”

 

With my heart racing wildly I begged him to say,

The name of this place and just how far away,

With a devilish smile he grabbed my right hand,

Pulled me close as he whispered, “Persia’s the land.”

 

That night the old man left this earthly life,

For that journey we’ll all make to sweet paradise,

His secret now mine of this land so pristine,

I set off to find the girl of my dreams.

 

            

 

The old man was right when he spoke of their hair,

It was shiny and black-so much everywhere,

No need in that land for makeup or rouge,

For their lovely black locks reached down to their shoes.

 

My blood grew as warm as Persian cat’s purr,

There’s no mortal man whose heart they can’t stir,

While most had two eyebrows, the best had just one,

No lovelier maidens lived under God’s sun.

 

If today’s Nordic men learn how precious they are,

To Tehrangeles, they’ll go by ship, plane and car.

For sweet Persian girls have just what they crave,

These men who are hairless from cradle to grave!

 

God gave me your mother, whose heart’s so sincere,

Not a hair on my chest, yet she still called me dear,

Though her locks have some white now, I still love her hair,

There’s nothing I’d trade for the life that we’ve shared.

 

Through good times and bad she’s been by my side,

Still as sweet as the day she became my young bride,

In silence she’s asked God each day of your life,

For a man who is worthy to call you his wife.

 

All that’s special about you, came not from me,

You’ve got your mother’s pure heart and her sweet dignity,

You’ve got her black locks, her curves and her gorgeous brown eyes,

Like her, you’re a Persian, so hold your head high!

 

Oh! My sweet Persian daughter you’ve nothing to fear,

So don’t fill your sweet head with woorry and tears,

Sure, some hairless girls will make you feel bad,

But, they’re jealous they can’t grow and have what you have.

 

Throw your razors, your wax and your tweezers away,

Don’t wait till tomorrow- just do it today,

For a real men will love you the way that you are,

Your hair's not important, he’ll notice your heart.

 

Just take it from me, your old Nordic dad,

You’re a wonderful daughter, who’s made me so glad,

 Ever my baby, but now strong, smart and sassy,

You’ve got it, so flaunt it- it’s okay to be brassy!



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