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My father’s beard

“Maine snakes” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on Labor Day, 2024 at Moxie Falls in northern Maine.
“My father’s beard ” composed and performed with guitar by Sanford Ross Bender (SRB) on September 2, 2024.

My father’s beard

My father,

with sprouting beard,

and dancing eyes,

returning from the Maine woods,

smothered his face,

with creamy lather,

at my mother’s

razor command.

-SRB January 7, 2024