In case you were wondering she has strolled away. I see her back to back, it is really the only way forward. Against the overtime that in memory is far from over. When I asked her what she had to say, this was her answer: "

Time to grow a white beard
in the form of a flag
and chin wave.

To stumble this close
and no further, a hair’s breadth
away from raised arms.
The barber in me, won’t let that happen.”