the beard

for the past eight weeks i have been growing a beard. in december it started snowing one day, and i just figured 'all right, i think im done shaving for a while'. and so i stopped. the beard has been growing ever since (with slight trimmings here and there). and boy, is it an unruly beast! i believe it has come to the end of its life. it had a good long run, but good sense is going to win out in this situation, me thinks...
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