You know
today
I have been pulling off my face
With my hands turned and my fingers clenching
at the corners of my jaw bone
I pulled as if pulling off a mask.
With two hands I tried.
I tried my mouth, my nostrils, the corners
of my eyes...I tried the reaching down
to the back of my neck.
I even tried breaking it down
by tearing an ear, plucking a lash
at the corners of my jaw bone
I pulled as if pulling off a mask.
With two hands I tried.
I tried my mouth, my nostrils, the corners
of my eyes...I tried the reaching down
to the back of my neck.
I even tried breaking it down
by tearing an ear, plucking a lash
pulling from my brow,
rounding my finger through a blemish.
I know you barely understand
me.
