Over the years, his business-like humility –
as if he’s here to serve our sheer delight –
his human sweetness – rarely so visible
in the male of the species – and
that inner beauty that seems
to shine through human eyes –
they’ve just grown, so that
just seeing him makes me –
makes you? –
feel good about being human
and an artistic note: over the years,
especially with his pate so shaved,
his head is like a sculpture in itself –
more and more like some informal
Egyptian, Persian, work in baked and coloured clay
gazing over the centuries
as if to say
come win, come lose,
here is a man
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