Warpaint

Lately it seems

that I am having

a constant

unconscious war

underneath all of this

make-up

because underneath

this slimy concealer

are puffy eyes

and chapped lips

and calloused grief

and this contorted ball

of mourning limbs

is getting gnarlier

by the day

and I'll never find

enough concealer for this

even if I went

to every damn drugstore

in this mousy hushed town