My New Beard Poem by Professor Dr. Stanley Collymore

By Stanley Collymore

You came into reality not because I wanted one or, for
that matter, had even contemplated the need to have
one, since neither of these two occurrences
had even remotely crossed my mind let alone
embedded themselves there. So your very
existence and, naturally, unexpected presence here,
you see, are basically the fortuitous combination
of the gratuitous indulgence of an uncommon
act of laziness by me that has clearly and
quite self-evidently, advantageously
resulted in the eager sprouting,
certain encouragement there,
and what has transparently
become the unmistakable
and established fact of
what is now a most
distinguished and
alluring growth
of facial hair.
Unexpectedly but welcomingly
so, it's true to say; and by
the look of things
permanently
here to
stay!

© Stanley V. Collymore
21 July 2019.


Author's Remarks:
Meticulously a clean-shaven person, I nevertheless do think that I look rather fetching with this new beard of mine.