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Biographical Sketch
At first, all you can see is a figure walking towards you as a shadow with no definite features, only an outline. You know for sure that the bold features of this figure represent a male. He does not tower over everyone as much as the ideal man would; however, he is taller than the average woman. At a far, his body frame is broad, for you see broad shoulders, a broad chest, and broad stomach. His body is full.
This man appears closer and you notice that when your eyes reach the top of his existence, there is no distinct hairline, only a round, smooth, shape that appears to be his head. If there is light, you may see a shimmer on his shiny head along with freckles or spots of age. Lateral to his head, you see his profuse ears. They are not quite what you call “large,” but they are fully distinct for there is no hair to cover them, only the black arms of his glasses that are tightly pressed against his skull. Then, there is a face that you might call intimidating in ignorance; all of the natural features that could be given to a person are there.
The first bit of hair you see are his gray eyebrows that can show you where his forehead ends, but does not begin. His ash colored eyebrows brings you down to his glass covered eyes. There is no frame to his glasses; the only border you see is the smooth glass edged to shape rectangles around his light green eyes. The color is hard to tell in between his eyelids. The color is almost diminishing from old age causing them to look grey and sucked in between crow’s feet from years of squinting. His eyelashes are almost vanished and go unnoticed.
Unblemished skin stretches down is face, over his nose, his cheeks, and his chin. He has a nose that elongates down the center of his face into a plump, round tip, where his nostrils flare onto the ground. His cheeks are a set vibrant rose. It is not often that the tone of this man’s face is a balanced color other than the pale shade that is set beneath the rose of his cheeks.

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