fourteen - carefulhaircutguys

I continued to look forward to encounters with this unusual new friend (My wife reminds me that I’m not so good at “usual”). Our encounters were by now expected, taken-for-granted, but still random, and unscheduled. His sense of time continued to have a pre-dispositioin for Now…He was always busy, always to-ing or from-ing, yet, our brief visits were generally relaxed. It remained a challenge for me to sneak in even edgewise questions, so, when the subject of “carefulhaircutguys” came up once again, I latched on. It occurred during one of a late-afternoon-sittin’-on-the-grassy-slope-watching-for-glimpses-of-sunsparkles-on-the-pond-ice cream-before-dinner-fixes we had begun to enjoy. When it came to ice dream, I was beginning to suspect a stage four alien addiction developing.
The seeming urgency of getting responses to his own questions was one thing, but I found myself reluctant to interrupt when he seemed mesmerized by undulating reflections of sunshine, or in rapt contemplation of the flavor du jour…

Carefulhaircutguys…clearly I don’t qualify…I don’t have much… I don’t get it cut often…and I’m not careful if I happen to comb it… carefulhaircutguys…I can tell…I don’t like ‘em…Riri’s descriptive label has a perjorative ring…it smacks of obsessive pre-occupation with one’s appearance as well as a compulsive inclination to control even small details…carefulhaircutguys…you can tell what they wear… carefulhaircutguyfancysuits …carefulhaircutshoes…hair trimmed so regularly an actual careful haircut is never needed…some sort of liquid helmeting agent you can’t really see but you know it ‘s there…and their words carefulhaircutguywords, jargon detached from truth, judgments exposing hypocrisy…whoa, wait-a-minute, a little carried away, a bit judgmental, I mean just cause they’re not self-righteous ragamuffins like, well, like me…take a breath…

And like I said, this time I latched on for a response…“Riri, tell me, what’s with this carefulhaircutguy stuff…who are the carefulhaircutguys?”

He gave me the usual “I no believe you so ignoring” looks, and sighed, “They Repubblecants. Mostly they Repubblecants.” I smiled…Republicans…I smiled real hard as the sun suddenly warmed my face…John… Boehner…here I go again…Repubblecants...