Everyone has a tell
     an insignificant twitch
     a slight change in demeanor
     a subtle physical distortion

Two dime-sized octagonal flaws
    flushed pink
appear just southeast  of my left eye
after the water ceases to flow
    leaving only a riverbed
    salt
    in its wake

Pulled together
Faking poise
    and doing it well
Those two **** dime-sized octagonal flaws
give me away.