and she doesn’t bust out the soap not even the Lifebouy White
which tasted like detention and boiled brussel sprouts
the soap that made them blow bubbles for 3 days
after their younger brother taped them screeching get the f out of my room
using that word she doesn’t like and can’t even say
their mother confesses she stopped wearing makeup at 80
because looking in the mirror wasn’t something she did anymore
and who cares about an old woman’s stare
because she doesn’t need to see her face
and how the years have made a home there
