2nd draft - Haircut

I'm going to be late -

I'll miss my appointment -

A haircut not to be.

But if I set off right away

I'll just be hopelessly early

Caught in a costly coffee shop.

Oh God, I need to pay him -

Add ten minutes getting cash -

I'm petrified I'll be late -

I'd be so ashamed to discover

Claudio is serving another -

Cutting her stylish alluring hair -

As I arrive, sweaty, bedraggled -

Too late for Claudio, just too late -

Standing in reception without smiles.

I'll travel back to Peckham

With my frightful straggly hair,

Wishing that Claudio waited.

Or maybe Claudio will wait -

He'll gruffly shake his oily curls

And cut my hair nasty for laughs -

At home, no amount of Looks Lovely

Will convince me he didn't cut wrong -

And I'll wear a huge hat evermore.

So now I'd better go

So I arrive on time -

But I'm just such a mess -

If I only knew what to wear

If I knew what Claudio liked -

I'd have the most marvellous hair.