I can’t write you into emotion and leave.
I went bald while in college.
That’s why I have a hat, I learned how
to wear it in Turners Falls
Tough people there
tough kids with bats
I was told my forehead was too big.
Wore my hat.
Backward.
Been in a few fights over that.
Sometimes I win.
Bars look funny when you’re on the inside.
It was a girl btw
who told me my forehead was too big
It’s easy to feel ugly.
-M. Taggart
mtaggartwriter 
Whew! As I come from your neck of the woods, I sure get that about Turners Falls. Hope you are having as good a summer as anyone can these days! -Julie
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literally had a bat swung at my head through my car window on Avenue A at 17 years old,. Found that bastard.
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People are just awful. : (
Kind of reminds me when I pulled back my bangs and the kid next to me comically widened his eyes in shock at my big forehead. Though that was more funny than him being a jerk. He was a good guy.
It really is easy to feel ugly, but I think the real people who are ugly are the ones who try to make us feel that way. That may not bring solace, but I can resonate a little about how that feels. Humanity disappoints me with how people behave and in such disgraceful ways too.
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The easy familiarity of the poem allows the subject matter to be absorbed without conscious effort. Great poem 😃
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Meanness exists. Must not succumb to it. Can feel your words and the heartache. Stay strong. The mean ones probably suffer the most. 🙂
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It’s easy to feel ugly without anyone saying a word. When they do it can be defining. We need to change the definition of ugly and make it about actions and lack of it rather than body parts.
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Excellent!
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This reminds me of what someone told me when I was in college, she said ‘If you could tie a scarf to cover half of your forehead, you might just look a little more beautiful. Someone told me later in life that I looked more beautiful with my hair held all back. What both of them said did not matter. What mattered was that I had a forehead( big forehead or no big forehead), I have forehead. I wonder what I would like like without it. 😀
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I love that we have our heads 🙂 and thank you
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It’s really fantastic
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