a top knot

a top knot
tends to send the light
up your spine and out your eyes
to mine.
a top knot
says “here is a yogi”
for all to see
and wonder at
--why a man, young and white
would take flight
from the chamber
that awaits him
to a top knot
that’s just not
what we expect,
but maybe
want more
than a hole in the head,
instead—a whole head.