Cowlick in My Eyebrow

I’ve a cowlick in my eyebrow that’s growing clockwise now
It starts out near the edges but extends along my brow
A central hair is growing – about 3 inches long
It isn’t really noticeable unless I comb it wrong
Then it corkscrews perpendicular, straight out for all to see
This cowlick in my eyebrow – till now, unknown to me!

You see I’m growing older and I notice how they stare
Now I know that’s it’s my eyebrow and that 3 inch hair
I feared it was my nostrils and the hair there growing out
Or maybe homegrown ear muffs – what’s that all about?
The hair on top is thinning but the hair on back is not
I guess I’m growing older and my hair has gone to pot.

So you see that new found cowlick is no surprise to me
It’s just another facet of what old age will be
With body parts rebelling, what was turned on now’s turned off
Where once I had some muscle has now turned fat and soft
I won’t let this thing bother me; it’s just a time clock click
To look into the mirror to find an eyebrow grown cowlick

Mdailey
4/29/08