In Praise of Gray by Jay Rubin

In Praise of Gray

by Jay Rubin

(published in The Summerset Review, Summer 2011)

Gray hair is a crown of splendor —Proverbs 16:31

O how I wish that my wife, just once would not slip through that bathroom door to dye her hair that ungodly brown

O how I wish that my wife, just once would let her fallacious hair rinse clear allowing her argent age to shine

If only she would, I'd gather each strand some threads white a...