The smoke encrusted eyes
Sat
Far back
In the oblong caricature of a face
Reminiscent
Of shy children
Staying to the shadow corners
Anytime strangers  feigned to visit

Inextricably entwined
In the visage
Was a complication
Implied by implication
Yet denied by observation
The aspect and the asperity
Mingled
In harmonious occupation

Unbound
By cultural norms
Or complications
When seeking out
All elementary forms
Of interpretation
Leaving just enough doubt
To inspire critical thought
That calls for introspection
To tamp down all
Unwavering predications
As seen...
... In that wonderful
Caricature of a face!