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 became 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 older than she.
She would live out her days in the face of another-
but then, We are all wearing masks- aren't we?
Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 3:28 PM UTC
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 became 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 older 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
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