you look a lot like you could shatter in the blink of an eye.

[_phenobarbidoll]

crack a smile and feign ignorance;
still the skin gives way to
a million secrets. etched in
bone, frigid and brittle
like weathered plastic.

the body is not impenetrable;
lift the cloth and you can see!
there are certain lines you've crossed
and continue crossing, scratching,
dotting the eyes,
comfort in the eccentricity
of thought and action.

so powder your nose, darling-
hold your tongue and avert
those mirror shatter eyes,
turn away from those vague
reflections of a moment
we'd both rather forget.

[a promise is a promise and i never broke my promise]