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In the early seventies,

I had a semi-Afro hairstyle

and a shaggy beard.

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I thought I looked like

the lead singer of Mungo Jerry,

but aspired to be Che Guevara.

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These days, the beard is trimmed

and a semi-Afro hairstyle

would look silly

with the Sahara desert

running from north to south.

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At the unisex hairdresser,

a young lady with a lisp,

nose ring and jasmine fragrance

asks me if I want a number one.

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I tell her to aim for

two point seven five.

She chuckles and says

I remind her of her grandfather.

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Even though it’s summertime,

she’s never heard of Mungo Jerry

and she thinks Che Guevara

is a Spanish chipolata.