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Beard.

Actually, I didn't shave.
My beard left me.
I woke up that morning,
clean-faced.
A note on my bedside table
told the sad story.
"Sometimes you can be
too close to someone.
I need some time alone.
I'll call you.
Love,
B."

© Adam Ford, 1997