As I'm sure most of you now know, Craig's beard is no longer with us. Despite my vehement apologia, it fell under the razor several months ago. I have only just recovered enough from my sorrow to post a tribute. And post it I must...lest we forget.
Elegy for a Beard
The pride of man in nature's state allowed
To coronate his chin in kingly wear
As Sampson's strength, so terrible and proud,
Was cut from him and lost as locks of hair.
I looked upon him when, being at their height,
lush curls extolled his wild and noble state.
They seemed to me a crown, divine and right,
foretelling all the glory of his fate.
But let us not bemoan with maudlin cries
the outward sign of what resides in him.
Do not believe Delilah and her lies.
One tames a lion only at its whim.
