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Cual Sera Mi Rostro


Esto es mi rostro,body; creaking,  my wrist twisting, twisting, twisting, twisting...

Corporeal.

Sera este mi rostro?

is it the face in reflection shown,

reversed, turned over,

lighting warm?

my hand hangs useless

whislt opitical features adjust

the lens

dilation is the only way to 

keep it out.

extras called to set

motionless, waiting, watching.

You know.

You are.

Another minute detail

as unseemly as it may be

Esto es mi cuerpo,

face, emoting,

my furrowed brow

adding creases, creases, creases...

here.

Sera este mi cuerpo?

is it the body on the floor,

bent, reaching forward,

ceiling bound?

my brow stills

mouth moves

silence a fine binding rite

calling extras to set

Motionless, waiting, watching.

You know. 

You are. 

pupil, iris, wide,

adjusting: stretchmarks silver bright,

fingertip valleys, whirls, whorls, spinning

into a set of lens'

standing alone.

Another minute detail

place, position, with care,

intergal to the pigment, the hue, the shape,

A part of the scene,

not removed;

innate.

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