It was something of a medical miracle; First, an acid attack had destroyed one girls face. Then another young woman died and her parents donated her guise so the first girl's could be replaced.
It was a delicate operation, detaching the face of one dead. It becameย ย as pale as a Kabuki girls' It looked like a death mask they said.
How strange then was the sensation when the patient was UN-mummified To see someone else in the mirror; The face of a stranger through her eyes.
She was glad to once more appear human though the donor was somewhat olderย ย than she. She would live out her days in the face of another- but then, We are all wearing masks- aren't we?
A delicate operation attached the face of a deceased 31 year old to a young woman whose own face had been destroyeed