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.