a hair brained idea

i decide not to shave

for a month.

let nature take its course.

go the Hemingway route

with facial hair,

or that guy on

the corner with the cardboard

sign and bucket

of change.

i run it by my significant other.

she looks at me

and frowns.

okay, she says reluctantly,

lifting up one of her

sleek long legs,

but only if i do the same.

and stop shaving

for a month too.

i quickly see what a bad

idea this has become.