long graceful fingers
naked
and growing like ivy
up pale cheekbones
leaving only the eyes
intent
do you ever
look in the mirror
and feel that fear –
climbing vine of panic
choking
which hands are real?
the longer you stare
the more those leaves of
nerves pressing
belong to someone else
the more those eyes
grow sparkling in wicked
suspicion.
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