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Our Hair Never Molts

A limerick about the absurdities of everyday human life

By Jose Antonio SotoPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

Every morning–fried wires, loose screws, nuts and bolts

I'll tell you, reading the headlines in the newspaper will give you the jolts

We powder our faces to look decent for the disgraces

And then go cry us a river in the bathroom stall of all places

And then look in the mirror to find that our hair never molts.

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Jose Antonio Soto

Welcome! I'm Jose Soto, a writer born and raised in the border community of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, México. I write stories, blogs, essays, and poetry that explores what it means to be human; nuances, complexities and all.

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