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Reshape My Face

Dreamed 1988/9/21 by Wayan

Sunbathe on a deck chair. Trace of guilt:
"Acting like a rich girl--spoiled, obsessed

with mere appearances. Unfeminist." I roast
pleasantly and baste. In pool, Martini Mom

spins her daughter a tale untrue. She, wise,
calls Mom on her lies; into silence dives.

A guy I know from work, named Guy, comes by.
I'm short with looming Him; don't like his... thigh.

Time for witchy sunscreen. Spread gel
I moonlit-brewed of resin-sap: dread spell

spurring cell-growth--letting me remold
my face, skull, brain. Expand my frontal lobe

(hi, third eye!) Make stronger cheekbones--I
know I need more cheek: embarrassingly shy.

This gel attracts flies like guys. Be patient; swat.
The price to change is high; but I'd be crazy not.

As I sunbathe, I alter the bones of my face. ream sketch by Wayan. Click to enlarge.

NOTES IN THE MORNING

2022 NOTE

I wrote the dream down but then forgot it. 34 years later I found it, and took it to Catshall's poetry salon in Oakland, where she challenged us to write ghazals. What came out was this. Not even ghazalish. But fun.



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More experimental poems from Catshall's salon/workshops: Off Dover - Ode to Not Writing Odes - Six and a Half Experts View the Beast - Dill

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