Haircut

A housewife, overwhelmed by childcare, no longer has time to even look in the mirror. Her long, silky hair has become nothing but a burden. With the sound of her child crying in bed behind her, she grips the scissors and quietly cuts away her long hair. ――Then, she hands the scissors to her husband. “Please… finish it for me.” Snip. Snip. Amid the ordinary sounds of their home, the echoes of love and resolve intertwine. Finally, with the buzz of the clippers, she is reborn—not as a mother, not as a woman, but as someone new. A raw and intimate story of domestic life, and a ritual of liberation. 12P