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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 81. Faceless
It's one thing
to understand oneself,
and quite another to advertise,
allowing one's deepest desires to be handled
like produce or meat at the market,
compared critically for
quality.
Impatient
for any reaction,
anticipating an inquiry,
or yet perhaps an impromptu invitation,
idle fingers fidget without aim,
hoping for a message
on the screen.
Three hard knocks
upon a stranger's door,
feet unsure of their place on the floor,
waiting for the unknown host to reveal himself
and answer all one's unasked questions
while being ushered in
and unmasked.
Discussion
is unnecessary
to swift searching tongues and roaming hands
concentrating a whole lifetime's exploration
into a few feverish moments
which yield all pretense to
certainty.
No details
which might identify
can be allowed to remain behind,
nor must any stray words which might untune the heart
stain the scandal-scented atmosphere
when all is accomplished
and reclothed.
If you feel moved to comment, rant, rave or go off on tangents, please feel free to do so. I appreciate whatever is said.
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