I Dream of Makeup…..

My mother does not trust
women without it.
What are they not hiding?
Renders the dead living

and the living more alive.
Everything I say sets
the clouds off blubbering
like they knew the pretty dead.

True, no mascara, no evidence.
Blue sky, blank face. Blank face,
a faithful liar, false bottom.
Sorrow, a rabbit harbored in the head.

The skin, a silly one-act, concurs.
At the carnival, each child’s cheek becomes
a rainbow. God, grant me a brighter myself.
Each breath, a game called Live Forever.

I am small. Don’t ask me to reconcile
one shadow with another. I admit—
paint the dead pink, it does not make
them sunrise. Paint the living blue,

it does not make them sky, or sea,
a berry, clapboard house, or dead.
God, leave us our costumes,
don’t blow in our noses,

strip us to the underside of skin.
Even the earth claims color
once a year, dressed in red leaves
as the trees play Grieving.
BY DORA MALECH

OUTFIT: Blackpink Corset by Zenith ~ Available at Anthem
HAIR: Blip by Doe ~ Available at Anthem
HEAD: Baby Face Head by Genus Project
SKIN: Edyta Genus Applier {002} by Glam Affair ~ Available at Anthem
LIP COLOR: Crystal Clear Genus Lip Applier by Shiny Stuffs
EYE SHADOW: Genus Hell Yeah! Eye Shadow Applier by Shiny Stuffs
EARRINGS: Sua Earrings by random Matter ~ Available at Collabor 88 {Aug 8 to Sept 6}
CROWN: Arthuria Headband by ERSCH
NAILS: Mesh Stiletto Nails Fall19 by alme ~ Available at Belle {Sept 6 to Oct 3}
POSE: Vogue Up by Le Poppycock

DECOR:
Foxwood – Starlight {Candles, Shadow, Brushpack, Pots, Makeup Case, Lippy, Mirror and Fan} ~ Available at Uber {Aug 25 to Sept 22}
Foxwood – Starlight apartment
*HEXtraordinary* Nope Cat – Spooky Nope
Foxwood – Charmant – Mirror – Gold
Foxwood – Escape – Skull – Light
Foxwood – Boho lounge – Love Birds cage
Foxwood ~ The Artist ~ Desk, Flower Sketchbook, Apron
Foxwood – Hanging Plants – Small
Foxwood – Fleur – Curtain L – Gold
Nutmeg. Old Wooden Chair

Uber, Anthem, Collabor88, Belle, Zenith, Doe, Genus Project, Glam Affair, Shiny Stuffs, random matter, ERSCH, alme, le poppycock, Foxwood, HEXtraordinary, Nutmeg, SL, Secondlife, Second Life,