It's Still Life

A Woman in the Image Of

There’s a woman in town
who wears her face as a disguise.
An old age sort of mask, that’s
part of her game.

It’s a second existence, like a volcano.

She goes rushing about everywhere.
Arguing and shouting at walls.
Her surreptitious ways crackle from
her throat like an ache in your ear.

She can be sweet. Or a bloody knife.

Most days, she stands on the corner
by the county court, and howls
about lost causes, and crippled lives
that cling on like hot oil.

She’s a woman in the image of …

Written for Fandago’s One Word Challenge “surreptitiously”. AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney