Flat Top

Ode to a Grecian Formula Flat Top

By Michael Shonstrom

It’s finally here, your eightieth year

A time to reflect on the past

Which road was not taken, which career forsaken

Which itch do you wish you had scratched

And as I ponder, the paths you could wander

I seized on an obvious truth

With your hair closely cropped, in a stylish flat top

Like styled guys should have shaped your pursuit.

First on the list is Von Hindenmith

A Field Marshall during World War One

But this thick German gangster, made Hitler his chancellor

Makes a job in the Reichstag, not fun

Haldeman too, sported a crew

And a job as Nixon’s best friend

But his dirty trick transgressions, gave us all indigestion

And HR 18 months in the pen

Entertainment could be, a gig for McD

His role model is Dolph Lundgren

But Bob’s lack of height and physique that’s slight

Scratches Dolph and Al Capp’s Tiny Yokum

While he’ll never be Dolph, he does play good golf

And makes decent contact with the ball

But not like the Roger, who beat the Dodgers

Ol’ Maris who hit 61 by the Fall

But perhaps Bob’s name, should be linked to the game

Played by Johnny U and his sub Earl Morall

But although he’s a jock, it would be a great shock

To see him throw a tight spiral

And I’ll make no Bones, I won’t touch Grace Jones

Whose flat top gives a look of aggression

But due consideration, to haircut iteration

Causes me to provide a suggestion

It’s time to step back from the barber’s attack

On your hair, let it grow with elation

Its not much of a jump, to think Donald Trump

And a hairstyle that’s sweeping the nation

For a good friend so true, our gift for you

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Because it’s a Donald Trump wig.