t.i.l.t. swimming hair

the girl shorties show up
with perfectly smooth curls
and braids.
hair-grease, with the help of
baubles and clips and hair-ties,
keeps it all in place.
but after hours of swimming
(that story to follow
sometime this weekend)
the smoothness kinks,
the braids float out under water,
and the styling products run
down wet cheeks
as the vanity of the
perfectly-coiffed-do
expires.

this is one of the best parts
after a day of swimming
with the shorties.