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Hair today, gone tomorrow

An old photo of Jordy cutting the writer’s hair.

Greg Dixon

‘Your hair is looking good,” said Michele. I sighed. “Well, at least that’s something,” I muttered.

It was true. Though I had just got up, the hair, mostly still dark, mostly still there, fully a short back and sides, was looking pretty good.

I had cut it myself a few days before. It was an emergency job. After weeks of it looking

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