Larry I quite like this, a lot!

For me reading this, I keep thinking about people who are two faced and back stabbers. Those who are fake as we say.

They smile and be nice to your mother who in your eyes is the most beautiful woman there, but the smiles that you are not genuine.

I love the description and how well you have written it. As I am reading it I am thinking about the times that I've gone to the hairdressers and remembering the smells that are there. I could smell the bleach and dye as I was reading the words. They are so vivid.

Awesome write!

x

EDIT: I forgot to mention. I LOVE THE NAME

Makes me think of the movie but the movie was less dark.

This is fantastic! Your word choice was humorous, and endearing, and so on point. I found myself smiling and shaking my head while reading... What bittersweet nostalgia.

I agree with Lioness: the title is perfect!

A pleasure to read, as always.

Larry- I have read this piece several times... and I just love it... now I have the time to give it a comment It truly deserves.... this poem is refreshing... LOVE it!! My Mother is a retired beautician... when I was young, I have memories of sitting In the shop and smelling that yukky smell of perm solution... and back then.. the woman had their hair teased so high... at least a mile high... ha ha ha
This poem was refreshing to read and your ending stanza made me giggle... thank you for taking me back to memory lane... very nice larry~

Wow, this is a really interesting poem Larry. I love the title - it caught my eye!

I love how you told this story, it started simple, and then got more and more intriguing.

I love your descriptions, and how you portrayed this women... and you showed how even though they uttered kind words, their actual intentions were the opposite of that, and I like how you did that.

"dared attack my mother with kind words
just because she was better looking
than all of them combined."
>> I like this part - it actually made me laugh. I like how you wrote that they dared to attack your mother with kind words.. and the reader just knows straight out that their kind words had no meaning.

I like how this all takes place in a salon, it was unexpected and different. I love how you described the evil women, and the bugs really played a big role and showing their bad side, it made me think of Medusa (I wonder if you may have thought about that?)

Great job with this poem!