Middle Age Hair-do's

ponytails on middle-aged women don't work,

she said,

the expert on hair, she's wearing a short haired cut for young women.

I am not so young.

I watch videos on using bobby pins, 

my teachers are blonde and young,

their fingers flexible, their hair does not crease,

there are no strands of grey.

No matter, I say, 

I will wear blouses instead of t-shirts,

my pants will hug (not too tight) my still slender physique.

I will wear my age more gracefully.

why not, my freckles have aged well,

my smile still brightens many a day,

I can learn this skill just as I learn

Matlab code, a new articulation or the gender of 

another noun in French.

Add this to my list of new skills,

using a bobby pin, beauty

in a hair style.