Gaudy plumage

I would just like to say that it is my conviction
That longer hair and other flamboyant affectations
Of appearance are nothing more
Than the male's emergence from his drab camouflage
Into the gaudy plumage
Which is the birthright of his sex.

from Hair, naturally

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Iridescent

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