every photo is
a caricature
where
the exaggerated
dejection
burrowed
into the
furrowed
brow
is but
a reflection of
hyper distended
incomprehension

madness in
vacant eyes
scars
squirm
fat coarse cords
sewn
in haphazard{x’s}
by
heavy handed[exes]
to keep the
palemaggotskinnedlips
firmly
pressed together
keeping the
declarations
(un)spoken

the ugly
bastard
waiting for
the seeds of love
to blossom
in faux fecundity
unaware
emotional
investment
can find
itself
far too easily

lost in reciprocation