instincts, to act upon...

indelible face, the
way her mouth
was held.
slight gap between the teeth,
tongue to upper lip.

(altogether striking)

action: exists in the
coming of words,
before they taste
the ear.

her timid, yet repetitive
declarations that
"surfaces seem somehow deceiving"
left the lot of us with nothing to do but
wait patiently for a tender,
well-executed demise.

her fall from grace.