Preparing for Hinge Date #46

Red dress, looped crooked.
Squeeze excess skin on legs
until it turns white, suffocating.

Drag bristles through hair in mirror,
breathe into satisfaction when
follicles abandon scalp.

Grasp fascia on face, so tender
like a doll. Or piece of expensive
veal. As always, most beautiful

when unreal, presented.
Hollowness frothing
in core. Tie cherry stems

with tongue until the taste,
woodiness of eating down
to bone.