Yugo Joe tells Tendonitis Tanya,
“Mix turmeric powder with black pepper, stir it in, take it for the pain.
Not forever—just until you’re healed.
The body knows when to stop. Trust it.”
Then Joe leans back and lights up,
“Listen, the barber shop didn’t die ‘cause of me.
Covid killed the chair, the mirror, the comb.
Three years of lockdown—
people stuck in their homes,
staring at Big Brother’s glowing screen,
scared to even get a haircut.
That’s what shut it down, not Joe.
I ain’t no devil.
I did all I could to help.
Herbs, words, laughter,
whatever medicine a man can give
when the world’s gone crazy.”
