smudged lipstick I

28/07/2025

What is an eyelash without hesitation? Drifting
But not sailing, right by the windowsill; Sit
Up straight they always do but...
Who knows what they know how they know it


I blink in time with who knows when I where I why I...
Dust-covered red whiteboard markers
Gently wash over any memories of it


Faces smeared across walls of laughter
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange red
Utmost consciousness of lipstick shades
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange, red
Hair strands singed before the scissors can cut
Smudged lipstick, blurry to the touch


Clinked teacups whilst undressing tables
Will it ever feel as tangible as it did or does?
Rolling down hills in princess dresses
The grass stains fleet and flail but finally fall through it


I dip my biscuit in the tea. watch mush start to form
Uniform crumbling mass of sludge, slew, sore
Eyes barely awake yet open to it


Faces smeared across walls of laughter
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange red
Utmost consciousness of lipstick shades
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange, red
Hair strands singed before the scissors can cut
Smudged lipstick, blurry to the touch


Silence to what was always there
The many of that there was but unable to recognise
Plastic dolls and ketchup bottles
Smudged lipstick, blurry


Faces smeared across walls of laughter
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange red
Utmost consciousness of lipstick shades
Red, blue, orange, red, red, blue, orange, red
Hair strands singed before the scissors can cut
Smudged lipstick, blurry to the touch