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Wednesday 18 April 2012

Love masks

And love
is about masks
the make-up that makes-up
the lavish blush
of divine colour
the immemorial woo-dance
and the inevitable sweats
of maintaining the unsustainable
and then the undressing
and dress-down of knowing
caress of believed perfection
sharp pull back of hand
at wart and scar
the congenital dry skin of fallibility
abrasioned by the masking years
and the slow and difficult learning:
beauty doesn’t have to come smooth
or in pleasing geometries.

2 comments :

  1. "the inevitable sweats
    of maintaining the unsustainable":)

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  2. "beauty doesn’t have to come smooth
    or in pleasing geometries."
    Beauty has so many different aspects. It's a fascinating subject. Well worded poem.

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