My last color was March 3, 2020–<\/p>\n
seventeen weeks ago stylist Lisa<\/p>\n
mixed and slathered white roots,<\/p>\n
shined and glossed ends, washed<\/p>\n
and blew dry ’till smooth, a swinging<\/p>\n
golden mane, a date with my husband.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Salons are closed due to COVID-19<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I could color it myself, or I could let<\/p>\n
my hair go al naturel. My friend says<\/p>\n
“You are going to be so beautiful.” I think,<\/p>\n
Aren’t I already?<\/em>\u00a0But won’t it make me look<\/p>\n old? I shop for color online…the right shade,<\/p>\n is sold out. I order Apricot Jam. It sits in the<\/p>\n sink cabinet unused. On the path, I check<\/p>\n other women’s grow out. Their’s the same.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Salons are open 50%…no blow outs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My stylist will not be back until July,<\/p>\n and even then, they aren’t certain she will.<\/p>\n Two inches of snow on the mountain; a skiff.<\/p>\n Dark baby hair, the little hairs at the temple,<\/p>\n my true color. I decide to take my chances<\/p>\n and schedule with a new stylist–Lauren.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Salons are open 50%…masks required.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My last color was March 3, 2020– seventeen weeks ago stylist Lisa mixed and slathered white roots, shined and glossed ends, washed and blew dry ’till smooth, a swinging golden mane, a date with my husband. Salons are closed due to COVID-19 I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3558],"class_list":["post-63808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","tag-poetry2020halfmarathonbop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64190,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63808\/revisions\/64190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}