2 Poems (interwoven): P1 Portrait; P2 SelfieA Poem by C PerilA prelude: perhaps since time immemorial, we've been eager to project an image of flawlessness to one another - we're afraid of displaying weakness. How weird, strange, scared and angry we are...
Portraits are people, P1
and people have personalities And the gilded frames, all those layers of paint Are there to whisper an essence Leaving many songs unsung -- The courtly grandeur, masks, P2 weeping deeply into the bag of fries from McDonald's Because the text message on your $400 iPhone says it's over And your makeup stains the serviette Embroidered monogram - the gold of the frame
-- Selfie. © 2022 C PerilFeatured Review
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1 Review Added on June 5, 2022 Last Updated on June 5, 2022 Tags: Social media, reputation, deceit AuthorC PerilGY, Humberside, United KingdomAboutCreeping quietly towards 30 years of age. Based in Nowheresville, England. Writer (if we're being liberal with the term). Reader. Hoper. Believer. Lover of music and LFC. more..Writing
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