3. The man was short but broad…
Today’s Prompt
3. The man was short but broad and muscular. His head was bald on top but the rest of his hair was long, and he had a tidy beard.
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Response
I’ve seen a lot of interesting looks in my travels. Being fairly itinerant in life these last few years, you get to observe the vast diversity of shape and look to our species. Short, tall, thin, fat, pale, swarthy, narrow of face, wide circular head, it’s hard to surprise me anymore. But this guy deserved note. The man was short but broad and muscular. His head was bald on top but the rest of his hair was long, and he had a tidy beard. The juxtaposition of these elements led my imagination to conjure him in mail armor with a giant hammer, like a member of the Dwarves of fantasy literature, perpetually grumpy because of the baldness on top.
