I wake up
Naked as hell
Skin as white as clouds
A few days before the storm
Throw on a robe
Damn bathroom mirror
Reveals a face
That’s got flesh singing of
Deep buried families in banks of snow
Frozen suffocation on the way home from grandmas
You ask me why
Why I smother my features
Plaster over them
Makeup thick as oil
Chalked on like a shield
Why I parade myself
In these slinky dresses
That hang around me
Like enemy war flags
Wishing to challenge you
I grapple with the words
The explanations I cease to find
Leave me with
Show up
Just wait
To see me
Naked as hell