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Apr 2020 · 18
Surface Dweller
nicole Apr 2020
Dwelling on the surface
my face is slipping
corners of my mouth
Dragging
fingers through my scalp.
Spray VO5
keep it up!
Push in the pins
keep still!
Tie a knot.
Can you feel the tension?
Just there at the back
or just there
at my throat.
Pull it tight!
Don’t!
let it slip.
...just a little ditty about masks, the effort to maintain them and their strangling effect.

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