The Public Mask
You do not see the real me the person I am in the quiet of my rooms
under that public mask of muscles, tissue brain matter bone
the real me is sharp and quick
No, all you want to see is the polite quiet confidence the soft grandmotherly costume I carry in my purse
When I come home I breathe deeply the mask gone
like taking off a pair of high heels
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