My mask
cleans up nice.
Guys talk rot to it,
and it talks back.
My mask
goes to work,
spouts input,
yaps at clients.
Punks
get in my mask,
tell it we're a bitch.
My mask changes parking lots.
Let's sit here, mute as dummies you and I.
We'll watch our masks
talk
smile
kiss
tongue
more real than we have been in years.
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for Words Count with Mama Zen.
too much of that in the world...
ReplyDeleteYeah, that one hits close to home. As always, Shay, you take a simple concept and make it ripple with nuance and meaning.
ReplyDeleteI think this probably hits many close to home--certainly it does me--more real than I wish, my mask
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I think my mask may be more liked than the wearer.
ReplyDeleteIt occurs to me that it isn't till age has turned my face into a real mask.....Halloween, Anyone?.......that I don't give a damn and have no mask at all. Very freeing. Loved your poem. You really See!
ReplyDeleteI got whiskers, Pretty sure I don't need mask =^x^=
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite lines:
ReplyDelete"Guys talk rot to it, and it talks back."
That third stanza really gets me. I love this, Shay.
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