on my way to the pharmacy.
out of my favourite shade of honey beige BB CC DD fond-de-teint.
l ast bit of pigment wrung out. empty.
the store has three shades.
ivory,
chantecaille,
vanilla-peach. I
try them all, sequentially.
squeeze then smear across my face.
pat. smooth. repeat.
soon I am a painted clown.
it is what it is.
I walk out onto the street.
thankfully it is Halloween.

(1)Painting Vague Word Pictures   (2)public apology  (3)wheat panic   (4)ZOO ME ETE AMS 20/20-21-22   {{{the winter of 2021/2 I become (mildly) obsessed with sunlit geometry}}}  (5)(inside joke)