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Signs


There's a sign outside the window
of the room where I get my tea:
New
Coming Soon
Countdown

I am wearing my poker face
when I hear the news:
gossip
innuendo
I smile and nod,
but keep my feelings safe
from prying eyes.

It's all a charade, you know.
They don't just come,
but also go.
And so I don my mask,
paint my lips,
and style my hair.
Blend in.
Camouflage

There is Ginseng in my cup,
red ink on my hands.
Outside: blue screen of death.
This is my day, writ large.

And when the clock strikes
and it's all over
(tea and sly asides)
papers crumpled in bins
(do not shred)
I descend the staircase,
step by step.

Outside, my glasses fog
in summer's heat.

I am blind.

This was written for Sunday Scribblings 2.

4 comments:

Jae Rose said...

How misleading signs can be...i love the tumble down of revelations..the sadness...the things unsaid...is she blind..or not seen...maybe both...

August 10, 2014 at 4:11 AM
Old Egg said...

The camouflage of the mundane will hide you every time. Broad smiles, outlandish clothes, distinctive voices, petulant behavior will result in an accurate identikit. I like the parallel example of your glasses fogging causing you to be blind too.

August 10, 2014 at 5:38 AM
Unknown said...

I feel this too. Wonderfully well written. Thank you.

August 11, 2014 at 10:46 AM
Alice Audrey said...

The blue screen of death is haunting me right now, but I could use some camouflage. Am I really the only curly haired blonde in the country?

August 11, 2014 at 11:27 AM

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