Mad Mabelline

tinalear
tinalear
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

There’s something insidious
About the way she sidles up to him
All Maybelline & sharkskin
“Hey stranger!” she says.
“Where have you been hiding?”

He feels uncomfortable
Recognized but unseen.
Rebuffed and seduced
In the same gesture. A little mouse,
flying high from the flick of a feline paw.

“Where have you been?”

Careful here.
Tell her a story.
Stall her with a drink.
Get ready to make your next —

But it’s too late.
In an instant
she bats at the candle flame
and the wick goes cold.

)

Writer. Yoga teacher. Musician. Buddhist. Quilter. Animal lover. Visible grownup. Hidden child. Secret dancer when all alone. Makes good bread.

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