The cold wind embraced my newly shaven face,
As I scurried
to my morning class late.
I had shaved my beard Friday night for the weekend
Or was it
just inevitable fate,
That I should
be hurrying for the warmth of class
Because I
chose to shave on that date.
For lateness
didn’t urge my steps to the lecture,
But the cold
air and the wind’s immoderate rate.
I shaved it
off for a change of pace
Which it
caused me to do so Monday morning.
2-25-1980
Revised 10-5-2020