Chiharu is Japanese and when we were in a bar one time, and I'd let my stubble grow a bit too long, she started pointing at my chin, saying "Red, brown, black, gold" etc. It was the first time I'd noticed that I had different coloured beard hairs. It was a big novelty for her. It's one of my favourite memories, since it made me chuckle!
Counting my whiskers,
which've grown far too long,
as if they're autumnal maple leaves -
"Red, brown, gold,
red, brown, gold,
red, brown, gold,
red, brown, gold,"
scarcely believing
her eyes aren't in wrong,
it appears she's amused
and amusingly pleased!
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