Think on makeup and poise ... it makes the observer cautious
because of its unspoken intention to control his perceptions.
But it whips the wearer more deeply
with that very same fear she sought to escape just then.
For just when she's accepted, ...just then she cannot become real
because of all the change might reveal.
gallagher
18 Feb 75
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —