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Painted Porcelain

The mask cracks

By K.B. Silver Published about a year ago 1 min read
Painted Porcelain
Photo by Tracy Jentzsch on Unsplash

like a porcelain doll

the old creepy kind with the

open head

stiff wig covering the

hollow, cavernous access

to the soulless shape of a girl

∿₊·∘👱🏻‍♀️∿₊·∘

instead of living her own

real life

she’s toted around in a basket

∿₊·∘🧺∿₊·∘

cryptic notes detailing days

never chosen, only proximally lived

slipped under loosening curls

∿₊·∘📜∿₊·∘

squashed down inside an

unflinching body until

paper’s fused

all mashed and bulging

her fragile china torso

in danger of exploding

∿₊·∘💥∿₊·∘

pressure sends

chips and chunks

crashing to the ground

in a skin-rending pile

on the bedroom rug

₊‧.°. ⊹ .°.‧₊

now, this cursed wad of memories

must be carefully unraveled

curly letters untangled

each scrap pinned to the fortune board

to be burned when the wind

dies down

∿₊·∘🔥∿₊·∘

every razor-sharp shard cataloged

for an expert hand to reassemble

like a puzzle

with epoxy, repainting

till she’s good as new

K.B. Silver

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About the Creator

K.B. Silver

K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.

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    Written by K.B. Silver