Mask


from the ABC set 2005-2006

Come, wear a mask
and join me at the bar.
Here is a straw
to sup your beer.
I do not need
to see your lips
to know the liquid
truth that voids
your veins. Come,
seal your eyes
behind dead plastic
and speak the muffled
language of your hands.
As for crisps, maybe
you can lick the salt
and think of wounds.

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