You're Not The One From The Leadbelly Song

Your cheekbones cannot save you.
from your pickled yellow complexion
The continuous flow and ebb,
bland and ugly expressions,
splenetic eyes that hold back an explosion
almost plead: “I am better than you”.
You look so uncomfortable when you smile
like you suspect it’s slightly out of fashion
and belongs in the nineties
when your face was much more
suited to the tastes of others.