Christopher Wilson: listen
Facelift
(Christopher Wilson)
Facelift
(C. Wilson)
one corridor
leading towards that plain
that runs the middle
that hides the shame
the stale of the stare
bringing on the bare
barely consoled
the express of tone
marking the beat of mind
wonder of how many feel the beat
the beat left behind
the ones so tepid
so false
one true foregoes
that's much too little
a little too much
much too little to say
the scatter here for shatter there
a little too much to pay
one face you see
one face you make
one face really
are you really there
that face you see
that face you make
is it really
really fair
closer to a fright than a thrill
not much difference but the distance held
holding a character
that is what you call me
keeps them lugging
keeps them tugging
today
hooray
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