I choose to shave
in the mornings
Although I have also,
at other times of the day
In the evening, for example
But in the mornings
it feels right
At other times
generally-speaking,
I am less inclined
less,
motivated
At other times
the very concept,
it simply isn’t usually in my mind
Unless, for some reason it is
I usually go two days without,
nearly always so
Sometimes three,
but rarely four
A beard is,
weird,
when I grow one
Troublesome, too
And a beard has the effect
of ageing me,
significantly
People uninvited
openly agree,
once I’ve shaved it off
“It made you look old”
is what they say
So, I take solace
in the knowledge
that when I am truly elderly,
beard and I,
I guess we’ll be fine
Just not for now
But later
Brinkinfield 