THE AMPS

     Extended foam foreheads were all the rage. The previous year’s trend of unnecessary amputations had fizzled and the signs were everywhere. The hobbling fashion victims tried to jump onto the foam-foreheaded bandwagon, but simply looked like they were trying too hard. The most extreme amputees of yesteryear had foolishly amputated every limb and were in the process of the full scalp treatment by the time the forehead craze hit. No matter how low the foam rested on their heads, it was clear who was the poseur and who was wasn’t.
     Sure, there were die-hards. Amputees up to the collarbone would never admit defeat. They’d lived for this all-encompassing lifestyle. From their automated wheelchairs, they knew that the foam forehead would soon be something that future generations would scoff at, like the braided armpit hair of the ‘20s or the external bone extensions of the ‘50s. These were fly-by-night concepts. Amputation was forever.




-SLL