Crazy Hair - Neil Gaiman
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This is Bonnie. 
This is me.
We were standing
Silently.
She said,
"I don't mean to stare.
Mister, you've got
Crazy hair."

Crazy hair?
Oh me, oh my.
Crazy hair?
I thought I'd die.
I said, "Miss,
How do you dare
Talk about my
Crazy hair?

This hair, you know
Is all my own.
Since I was two
My hair has grown.
Birds fly down
From everywhere
Nesting in my
Crazy hair.

Butterflies and
Cockatoos
Reds and yellows
Greens and blues
Make me look
Beyond compare
Walking with my
Crazy hair.

In my hair
Gorillas leap,
Tigers stalk,
And ground sloths
Sleep.
Prides of lions
Make their lair
Somewhere in my
Crazy hair.

Hunters send in
Expeditions,
Radio back
Their positions
Still, we've lost
A dozen there
Lost inside my
Crazy hair.

You hear music?
Dancers too?
I can hear them.
Well, can you?
They play tunes
Beyond compare,
Dancing through my
Crazy hair.

Huge balloons
Come down to land.
People wave.
It's very grand.
They take off
From everywhere,
Drift across my
Crazy hair.

There are pools
And water slides,
Carousels
And pony rides,
All the fun
Of any fair
Waits inside my
Crazy hair.

Twisting tangling
Trails and loops,
Treasure chests
And pirate sloops,
These await
The ones who dare
Navigate my
Crazy hair.

"Here's my comb,"
Young Bonnie said.
"Run it now
Across your head.
That's what I do
With great care
When I have such
Crazy hair."

"Child! Are you mad!"
I cried.
"Combs and brushes
Have been tried.
One was eaten
By a bear
Prowling through my
Crazy hair."

Bonnie said,
"You bend down here.
I will comb it.
Is that clear?"
I said,
"Miss, just be aware
This is really
Crazy hair."

I bent down
And Bonnie swiped
Combed and curried,
Rubbed and wiped.
"Now," she said.
"You look-" But there
Came a rumbling
From my hair.

One huge growling
Head peered out.
Said "What is this
All about?"
One huge arm
Reached out of there -
Pulled her in my
Crazy hair.

Bonnie has the finest time
Teaching lions how to rhyme,
Riding slides and great balloons,
Finding hunters, losing moons,
Playing with the pretty birds,
Teaching parrots naughty words,
Sewing up yhe pirates' vests,
Digging buried treasure chests,

Hibernating with the bear,
Dancing with the dancers there,
Happy as a millionare,
Safe inside my crazy hair.